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Ya he leído la crítica; el servicio es malísimo.

Ya he leído la crítica; el servicio es malísimo.
I have already read the review; the service is very bad.
From Lesson 190:Absolute superlatives (-ísimo)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Ya he leído la crítica; el servicio es malísimo.

How do we form malísimo, and is it stronger than saying muy malo?
Malísimo comes from the adjective malo (bad). To form it, we drop the final vowel and add the suffix -ísimo. Yes, it is much stronger! While muy malo means "very bad," malísimo means "extremely bad" or "awful," adding an intense emphasis to the review.
Why is there an accent mark on leído?
The accent mark prevents the vowels in leído from blending into a single syllable. By putting an accent on the weak vowel i, we force it to be pronounced separately as its own syllable. You will also see this in other past participles like creído or oído.
Why does the sentence use es instead of está for the service? Isn't a bad experience temporary?
We use es (from the verb ser) because the review describes the service as a general, permanent characteristic of the business. If you were complaining about the service on one specific night being unusually slow, you might use está, but the review is judging the establishment's overall quality.
Does crítica always mean "criticism" in Spanish?
It can mean "criticism," but in this context, it translates to "review" or "critique." When you read about a restaurant, movie, or book in a newspaper or online, you are reading a crítica.

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