Dude, I have no idea what you're doing in your novel. I'm just talking about reviews, not even all that much about yours in particular.

But I do think that I mean something a good deal more, and a good deal more difficult, than "something besides criticism." Which is partly why I use the word 'positive'--as in actual, positive ideals, actual morals, actual transcendence that hasn't just become trite and cliche and unthinking. It's difficult for me to create something genuinely new in that department myself at this point, but it's something I strive for.