I recommend the article below, by Carol Kean, to anyone interested in reading a fascinating literary rant from a professional reviewer who reads over a hundred books a year.
In addition to being a great article, she actually mentions me (she read and reviewed “Kick” recently).
As Jim Butcher once said, “My gast has been thoroughly flabbered.”
http://www.perihelionsf.com/1405/article_3.htm
John L. Monk 