I would like some help writing a respectful negative review

[McCamy Taylor]

8. Agree. It has been done too many times.

I am not going to read the book, but I guess from your post that the character is Gay Just To Be Creepy. As in he makes inappropriate sexual advances towards other characters, and we are supposed to assume that is because he is "gay".

There are legitimate reasons why a person who is gay in a homophobic society might become anti-social. If the author wants to discuss this connection, good for him or her.

Note: in good speculative fiction there is no "villain". Characters are fleshed out. Some characters do bad things, but calling anyone "evil" is the ultimate act of evil. So, authors who create "evil" characters are doing something naughty, sort of like the Nazis, except with words instead of gas chambers.