TALKING ABOUT BOOKS AND FILMS

suspense builds up

напряжение нарастает

an amazing chain of events

удивительная цепь событий

startling originality

поразительная оригинальность

bold experiment

смелый, рискованный эксперимент

accomplished actor

искусный актер

consummate professional

/ˈkɑːn.sə.mət/ formal

высококвалифицированный профессионал

star

studded cast

dazzling display

ослепительное зрелище

series of events

серия событий

spectacularly successful

невероятно успешный

glowing reviews

восторженные отзывы

to cast

актерский состав

in the role of

в роли

unmitigated disaster

полная катастрофа

strongly influenced/heavily influenced

под сильным влиянием

highly/thoroughly recommend

настоятельно рекомендовать

can bear the suspense

может выдержать напряжение

think highly of

быть высокого мнения о

dismal failure

позорный провал

all

star cast

to hold attention of

удерживать внимание

make a lasting//indelible impression

произвести неизгладимое впечатление

fire up imagination

разжечь воображение

awake interest

пробудить интерес

create/evoke atmosphere

создать атмосферу, воссоздать атмосферу

to have a considerable// well

deserved reputation

blurb

аннотация

poignant

/ˈpɔɪnjənt/

moving and sad

chronicle

a record of events in order of time; a history

page

turner

insight

the ability to understand what something is really like

gripping

so interesting or exciting that it holds your attention totally

enigmatic

mysterious

acclaimed

praise enthusiastically and publicly

compelling

very interesting and engaging

lugubrious

rather dark, mournful and gloomy (lugubrious is often used of people too

macabre /məˈkɑːbrə/

often cruel or disgusting, concerned with death

chilling

frightening

breathtaking

extremely exciting, beautiful or surprising

wry

(adj.) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous

evocative

bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind

eponymous

who has the same name as the title of the book

protagonist

Main character in a story

engaging

charming; pleasing; attractive

journal

A form for recording transactions in chronological order

Memoirs

personal record of events

encyclopedia

a book or set of books containing articles arranged in alphabetical order, dealing with the whole of human knowledge or part of it.

anthology

A collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems

manual

a handbook; a book of directions

logbook

an official record; a book in which information is written in a timely manner

compulsive reading

difficult to stop once you have started (formal)

can't put down

difficult to stop once you've started; (informal)

informative

providing useful or interesting information

ahead of its time

contained ideas that no one else had yet thought of or discussed at that time

a product of its time

a reflection of that time

lightweight

not complex, slightly negative connotation

bedtime reading

nice to read in bed

heavy going

difficult to read or understand

get into

to become interested in

readership

number or percentage of newspaper readers