Context: I mean that their piece pretty much needed to be gutted or discarded , and my vote was on discarding . I think it was probably the hardest critique I ever had to write , because a ) I do n't normally like to be that negative and b ) I really , reeeeeeally wanted to like her work because she was a teacher of mine and because she was a really nice person . I just could n't , and it 's not in my nature to lie .

Question: Why does the writer think the piece needed to be discarded ?
Options:
0. Because it was the hardest critique the writer has ever had to write .
1. Because they think the piece is poor quality .
2. Because the writer does n't normally like to be that negative .
3. None of the above choices .
Answer: 1