I did think you were a bit harsh with criticising the word choice in a few places when a more broad-stroke approach would've been more fair.
I definitely believe you, but an example would help me zero in on what you mean. I definitely want to be as fair as possible, and descriptive instead of prescriptive where possible (e.g., "I would...", instead of "The author should have...") but it's easy to slip into the latter.