I'm glad the review encouraged you to read the series rather than discouraged! I wasn't sure if I was being a bit hard on it, but I do think it's important to distinguish between something being entertaining, vs. it actually being "good." Of course entertaining and good at the same time are the goal! Reading it will be time well spent to a comics aficionado like yourself. I would liken Secret Wars to a lot of golden age material, which in many cases was actually quite low quality, but has carved out a place in comics history and serves as an interesting reflection of the times it was created in.