: Re: Complimenting on solid structure with no major flaws When reviewing fiction, there's a certain quality that's very important to me, which I can best describe as being "solid." By which I mean:

I think you're spot-on with your assessment. "Solid" is overly used and has become a word I simply gloss right over, it doesn't stick with me. If you were to use "Flawless" I would think that you were being hyperbolic and the credibility of the review would be questioned. And "competent" and "well-constructed" don't have much rhetorical punch.

Some words that might work as replacements:

Tight
Careful
Sensible
Cogent
Precise

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