I'll beg to differ; honest feedback was asked ("even if it's brutally candid") and the previous posted gave their honest impression. Other people have their own impressions of course which may differ, bit this is theirs and IMHO this is just valid as any other.

Sometimes you need to be brutally honest to be kind. I'm not a huge fan of harsh lessons and such in general, but there is a time and place for them, and this is probably one of them.