nail-biting	extremely exciting because you don't know what is going to happen next
breath-taking	very impressive, exciting or surprising
evocative	making people remember something by producing a feeling or memory in them
compelling	very interesting or exciting, so that you have to pay attention
humorous	funny and enjoyable
touching	making you feel sadness, sympathy, etc.
thought-provoking	containing interesting ideas that make people think seriously
tedious	boring and rather frustrating
shallow	not showing serious or careful thought
poignant	making you feel sad or full of pity
macabre	very strange and unpleasant because it is connected with death and violence
lightweight	not showing deep understanding or knowledge of any subject
lighthearted	not intended to be serious
predictable	happening or behaving in a way that you expect
fast-moving	developing or changing very quickly
chilling	making you feel frightened, especially because it is cruel, violent, or dangerous
slow-moving	developing at a slow pace
sensational	causing great surprise and excitement
reviting	extremely interesting
red herring	a clue or piece of information that is intended to be misleading or distracting
perception	way of thinking
remake	new version
definite	based on evidence
to please	to make happy
derive from	to come from or be developed from something
reclusive	someone who lives alone and does not like being with other people
elemental	simple, basic, important
novelist	a writer of fiction
biography	book about someone's life
ghostwriter	a writer of books for other people
screenwriter	a person who writes films
critic	a person whose job is to give their opinion of books, plays etc.
plot	the story of a film or book
dialogue/monologue	the words spoken in a book or a film
cast	all the people who perform in a film, play etc.
to convey	to communicate ideas indirectly
exclaim	say something loudly
elaborate	containing a lot of careful detail
prejudice	an unreasonable feeling of not liking a particular group of people
profound	extreme effect
roughneck	a person, usually a man, who is rough and rude
rowdy	noisy and seeming likely to become violent
eternal	never-ending
acquaintance	someone you know, but not very well
to deduce	to use knowledge to understand something
vicinity	area around the place
inquire	ask
menacing	threatening
sidekick	friend
courageous	having or showing courage
to decline	to gradually become less, worse, or lower
on the go	busy, while travelling or not at home
at a time	during a period
don't judge a book by its cover	you cannot know what something or someone is like by looking only at that person's or thing's appear
page-turner	a book that is so exciting that you want to read it quickly
heavy going	difficult to read/understand/do
bookworm	a person who reads a lot
bedtime reading	a book, magazine, etc. to read at bedtime
read between the lines	to try to understand someone's real feelings or intentions from what they say or write
can't get into something	can't start doing something
to cut a long story short	to explain what happened in a few words, without giving all the details
live up to all the hype	to be not overrated, meet the expectations
pronounced	very noticeable
devoted	loyal, loving
exclusively	only
proportion	a part of an amount or group
associated	connected
virtually	almost
outperform	do something better than other people or things
relatively	quite, when compared with other things