Let me answer this with part of a quote I got from amazon, it was written by a student in his school: (about Gil)

“I was surprised to hear it took 3 years to write, but then again, he had to come up with lots of good things to say about himself from his imaginary male student. Gilad was a dream of Mr Maksik’s, a true…

“Not to mention that neither the teacher nor the student he sleeps with are really the protagonists”.

I TOTALLY agree with everything above. ughh, morally ambiguous is not something you should be clapping and cheering about, this is considered rape in a LOT of places, and power dynamic’s does indeed exist, you cant just undervalue something because its “needed” for the plot.