I really like the main features of Hugo and want to use it regularly to build websites. The main barrier is assessing theme quality. I am definitely planning on building my own themes, but for quick website builds I would love to be able to trust some of the designs up.
I like the suggestion @budparr has of specifying a relevant list of tests/questions that can be applied to each theme. We could have some place to put the reviews for each theme and developers could add to the list when they’ve had enough experience with the theme.
I could give a run-down of the “MDL” and “Landing Page” themes at this point. (^-^)