I've never seen reviews this ugly in my engineering field, nor written one. Although I've certainly felt tempted to tell people that their work "fills a valuab

I've never seen reviews this ugly in my engineering field, nor written one. Although I've certainly felt tempted to tell people that their work "fills a valuable hole in the literature," I try to keep it constructive. For all that, I've certainly seen reviews that were needlessly pedantic or refused to accept some entirely reasonable premises. Not to mention the timeless classic, "Your review of the literature has overlooked Jones and Smith, 2008, Smith, 2010, and Jones, Smith, Ramakrishnan and Zhang, 2014. Please incorporate citations to these relevant studies in your revision." Gee. Thanks, Professor Smith.