I hated code reviews when I first had to do them because it was a toxic place. I hate them less upon focusing on what you describe. I'll add to it that I've tak

I hated code reviews when I first had to do them because it was a toxic place. I hate them less upon focusing on what you describe. I'll add to it that I've taken a more conversational tone. Sometimes I'll just add comments to talk about how this code fits into the whole system and weird legacy stuff that is affecting what they are writing.