pageturner
Can't stop reading
A pageturner is a book so compelling you can't stop reading—each page demands the next.
The term applies especially to thrillers, mysteries, and suspenseful novels: Her latest novel is a real pageturner.
By extension, anything gripping might be called a pageturner: The trial was a pageturner from opening statements.
Also spelled page-turner.
Impossible to stop reading
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- grippingHolding attention completely
- rivetingCompletely holding one's attention
- absorbingHolding attention completely
engrossing · all-consuming · devouring · voracious · insatiable · avid · hooked · obsessive
Suspenseful unresolved ending
- tensionStretched or strained state
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
ominous · anticipation · dread · peril · menace · uncertainty · nail-biting · edge-of-seat
Completely capturing one's attention
- mesmerizingCompletely capturing one's attention
- hypnoticInducing trance or slumber
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
- bewitchingPowerfully and mysteriously charming
entrancing · transfixing · magnetic · arresting · enthralling · immersive · transporting · escapist
Storyline or land parcel
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- proseUnversified language
- pacingRate of movement
dialogue · arc · protagonist · antagonist · conflict · climax · denouement · backstory
unputdownable
Impossible to stop reading
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- grippingHolding attention completely
- rivetingCompletely holding one's attention
absorbing · engrossing · all-consuming · devouring · voracious · insatiable · avid · hooked · obsessive · compulsive
cliffhanger
Suspenseful unresolved ending
- tensionStretched or strained state
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
foreboding · ominous · anticipation · dread · peril · menace · uncertainty · nail-biting · edge-of-seat · heart-pounding
spellbinding
Completely capturing one's attention
- mesmerizingCompletely capturing one's attention
- hypnoticInducing trance or slumber
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
bewitching · entrancing · transfixing · magnetic · arresting · enthralling · immersive · transporting · escapist · vivid
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- proseUnversified language
pacing · dialogue · arc · protagonist · antagonist · conflict · climax · denouement · backstory · subplot
whodunit
Crime fiction identifying perpetrator
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- secretsConcealed information
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
foreshadowing · detective · sleuth · suspect · alibi · clues · puzzle · enigma · cryptic · unraveling
pageturnerbore
Tiresome individual or drill
snoozefest · slog · snooze · yawner · dud
pageturnerslow burn
Gradual buildup of rage
meandering · ponderous · draggy · leaden · heavy reading
page, turn, pages, paged, paging, turns, turned, turning, turner