"Only children and fools speak in absolutes." -someone, somewhere, I don't remember. Code reviews can be a good thing or bad thing, depending on what each part

"Only children and fools speak in absolutes." -someone, somewhere, I don't remember. Code reviews can be a good thing or bad thing, depending on what each party brings in and intends to get out of them. Painting them unequivocally as bad is rather silly.