rave review

This page is about the collocation rave review

collocation pattern: adjective + noun

Meaning

a very good review of a book, movie, play, concert, etc.

For example

  • The "True Detective" mini-series got a rave review in The Guardian.

  • Not many books on economics receive rave reviews, but Piketty's "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" has.

Note:
A collocation with the opposite meaning is "scathing review"

Quick Quiz

The movie got a rave review because the critic

a. really liked it

b. really hated it

c. was angered by it
a) really liked it b) really hated it c) was angered by it

Contributor: Matt Errey