And frankly, despite some clear and vivid writing, I'm surprised Hamid's novel made the final six.

Some of the most vivid writing in all of Scripture is used to describe this awesome event.

There are passages, especially in the vivid orchestral writing, charged with astringent angst and teeth-grinding tension.

The Open Boat' offers some of the most vivid writing I've ever read.

Perhaps the spirit of Lee is only to be known intimately in the act of reading his wonderfully vivid writings.

It's such vivid writing - and reading - that I found myself wondering about squalor.

Easterbrook attempts to make difficult legal issues more readily understandable through incisive and vivid writing.

But there is consistent praise for the crisp, vivid writing.

Despite the fluent, vivid writing, the book sometimes has an armchair feeling about it.

-San Francisco Chronicle "An often rewarding odyssey filled with vivid writing."