A critic should defend their points with some concrete reasoning. A critic can be negative and hard to please, but still provide accurate insights into the work. If they can't do it in a broader context, they should for a contemporary set of works for the genre.
All in all, you should be able to say, this critic is primarily good at identifying x and y in the work, and take that insight for what it is worth to you.
Fandom muddies the water a bit. Often a fan is looking for something specific to his fandom. I would take out kids gloves when considering any fan review.
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Critically speaking
Date: 2008-12-05 04:06 pm (UTC)All in all, you should be able to say, this critic is primarily good at identifying x and y in the work, and take that insight for what it is worth to you.
Fandom muddies the water a bit. Often a fan is looking for something specific to his fandom. I would take out kids gloves when considering any fan review.