Richard Schickel, writing for the LA Times  fires a barrage at  "lazy-minded, word-addicted 'reviewers.'" He has a point:

Let me put this bluntly, in language even a busy blogger can understand: Criticism — and its humble cousin, reviewing — is not a democratic activity. It is, or should be, an elite enterprise, ideally undertaken by individuals who bring something to the party beyond their hasty, instinctive opinions of a book (or any other cultural object). It is work that requires disciplined taste, historical and theoretical knowledge and a fairly deep sense of the author's (or filmmaker's or painter's) entire body of work, among other qualities.

Hmmm..but maybe it's just folks knowing their audience? Birds of a feather? I dunno. My minds' tired.