Shouldn't the book be published in a special way - with the literary equivalent of a public health warning?

It's the literary equivalent of a consumer report, news you can use.

I wonder if he was the literary equivalent of the Spice Girls?

This book is the literary equivalent of a sandwich without bread.

This is the literary equivalent to X-factor or big brother.

You are left holding the literary equivalent of a broken accordion, a book that will never properly close again.

It's the literary equivalent of running the rapids on a raft.

This challenge requires words that are the literary equivalent of optical illusions.

Offer the literary equivalent of herbal tea and a cozy fire.

Reading Holden's story is supposed to be the literary equivalent of looking in a mirror for the first time.