Seven Deadly Words of Book Reviewing
Submitted by mwilliams on Wed, 2008-03-26 22:18.There are some words that have just been beaten right to death by book reviewers. Here are Bob Harris’ top seven. What do you think; are these the worst offenders? Which overused descriptors most get on your nerves?
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Of those words, I've only used eschew and compelling. Never used poignant.
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Isn't 'haunting' also voraciously misused by reviewers?
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Some of those words are misused and overused, but most are perfectly good words if used correctly.
This 2004 list from The Telegraph goes beyond single words to point out other annoying usages seen in reviews:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/08/08/bocliche.xml