Code reviews can definitely suck but sometimes the short term cost needs to be sacrificed for long term gain and this is definitely one of them in my opinion.

Code reviews can definitely suck but sometimes the short term cost needs to be sacrificed for long term gain and this is definitely one of them in my opinion. Code reviews help enable a 'hivemind' within a project. It helps other engineers learn how to do what you do, and helps you write readable code that enables other engineers to learn what you do helping to accelerate code velocity in the end. The resultant sense of coherency in the code is immeasurable.