Math reviews, how to interpret "the summary as review" cases?
When I review for MR I often use a paraphrase of the author's summary when it is a good description of what is in the paper. I don't mean that to say &quot;not worth reading&quot; or &quot;I didn't read it&quot;. I would probably not use the MR option that merely reproduces the abstract, precisely because it might suggest a negative opinion of the work.
That said, I tend to review short papers that are OK but not earthshaking. A review of an important paper should do more than repeat or rephrase the author's summary.