What really is the alternative? Just post the big bombshell thing and not express your opinion about stuff? Often it's the expressing opinion part that's more important than the actual nits.
Yes.
> Often it's the expressing opinion part that's more important than the actual nits.
Your opinions are not that valuable. Focus on the most valuable feedback you can give first.
> This whole thing won't work because of X and you need to pretty much rewrite all of this.
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> Rename foo to bar.
> Typo.
> Missing whitespace.
My advice would be to not take it so personally and assume good intentions from your reviewers.
If someone gave me feedback that caused a big course correction then I’d slap my forehead for missing it, thank them, then move on with my life. The extra feedback of other issues is a bonus. Asking them to spend more time reviewing their review is wasted effort.