Is any critique truly objective?

[billy]

No.

Attempts to be objective are merely attempts to set aside personal preferences in favour of voicing ones idea of what "most people would think".

Obviously, there is a "what most people would think," and some people will be better at guestimating what that is than others. That really is what we mean when we say a review was objective.

i agree with the above, i have to because it's right, but i have a but....
i think some have a true to self objectivity which is what you say above in some way.
for me it would be so easy to simply say, well done or croon praises. and sometimes it's hard not to fall into that trap. but i try to put the urge to one side. and while yes, my feedback is only based on how i feel about the poem it's often true to me.

i doubt anything can be truly true. but in relative terms i think it can be objective