A list of overused book review terms, taken from an essay by Tom Payne published in the Telegraph, a British newspaper, on August 8, 2004. A list of overused book review terms, taken from an essay by Tom Payne published in the Telegraph, a British newspaper, on August 8, 2004. achingly beautiful coruscating darkly comic deceptively simple edgy heady mix high-octane icon laughoutloud magisterial overnight sensation panoramic sweep searing indictment tour de force unputdownable vibrantly alive wickedly funny woefully inadequate