Comments on <i>Boy Toy</i> -- Barry LygaTypePad2007-12-10T12:45:07ZLeilahttps://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/2007/12/boy-toy----barr/comments/atom.xml/Leila commented on '<i>Boy Toy</i> -- Barry Lyga'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54fb2473488342007-12-11T02:20:11Z2007-12-11T02:20:11ZLeilahttp://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.comOh, I'm glad I'm not alone on this one. It was so fantastic. Almost everything Eve did really did make...<p>Oh, I'm glad I'm not alone on this one. It was so fantastic. Almost everything Eve did really did make me feel ill -- since we knew from the beginning what was coming, everything she did was leading up to it, and it just... GAH. I felt this horrible tension, just waiting for it to finally happen.</p>
<p>I think the sex was necessary for your reason, but also because if Lyga'd avoided it, it would have somehow suggested that Josh <i>should</i> have been ashamed of being abused. I'm not sure if that makes any sense -- it does in my head, but I don't know if I'm explaining it very well.</p>
<p>I had the same thought about using the word 'relationship', but I ended up using it because I figured, well, it was a relationship of some sort. It just happened to be a super effed up one.</p>Liz B commented on '<i>Boy Toy</i> -- Barry Lyga'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54f9edb8488332007-12-11T01:59:18Z2007-12-11T01:59:18ZLiz Bhttp://yzocaet.blogspot.comI loved, loved, loved this book. And the sex was so necessary; it was needed to say, "molestation is not...<p>I loved, loved, loved this book. And the sex was so necessary; it was needed to say, "molestation is not about violence." I found it so hard to write about Josh/Eve because I found myself falling into certain words: "relationship"..but when there is an abuser, does saying relationship validate it somehow? I wanted to say something about Eve's careful seduction about Josh, but then I realized that true seduction is really between equals, and so it was almost grotesque to say seduction. Basically, no matter how lustful he I(or she) is, a 12 year old is incapable of consenting to sex with an adult; and I loved that it showed that abuse can be.... soft. And manipulative to the point where the victim does believe "I wanted it; I started it; it was all my fault."</p>
<p>Aside from that, I find it very interesting to compare Boy Toy and Wednesday Wars: two very different teachers who influence two twelve year olds.</p>Brian F. commented on '<i>Boy Toy</i> -- Barry Lyga'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54fb161fc88342007-12-10T17:29:48Z2007-12-10T17:29:49ZBrian F.http://emohawk.blogspot.comIf I promise to read this, do you promise to read SOMEDAY THIS PAIN WILL BE USEFUL TO YOU?<p>If I promise to read this, do you promise to read SOMEDAY THIS PAIN WILL BE USEFUL TO YOU?</p>