I was fascinated by the character of Josh in this novel, I felt for him as he tried to understand exactly what was happening to his childhood while others around him thought they had it all figured out for him. Josh was smart for being thirteen and I was surprised how fast his innocence was swept aw...
Reread this recently alongside [b:Tampa|17225311|Tampa|Alissa Nutting|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1364845637s/17225311.jpg|23731028] to get the full impact from both the student and teacher perspectives - recommended! Obviously not the same story, and their endings are drastically dif...
Yikes, yikes! This book will keep you thinking. It's another in a series of books I've been reading over the last year about taboo issues. Lyga's treatment of child abuse in this book isn't like what you think. I thought making an adult woman the aggressor and the victim a boy made it much more tho...
I read Boy Toy yesterday and can't think about anything else. It moved me so much, that I was almost in tears by the end, and it doesn't happen often. It's a deeply unsettling book, both for the subject matter and for it being a bit too graphic for comfort in some parts.Josh Mendel is a senior who l...
Powerful doesn't begin to describe BOY TOY by Barry Lyga. It is the story of Josh, a young man that was involved in an inappropriate relationship with his teacher five years ago. Barry Lyga does an amazing job showing the impact this event has on Josh's life. Relationships with his parents, kids ...
I was molested. When I was twelve. And everyone else in the world knew it except for me.One little phrase - one big revelation. How different could Josh's life had been, had he realized this sooner?No one ever said, "He was wrong, Josh. You're not a little fucking perv."Boy Toy was a study in the af...
"Boy Toy" is one of the most eye opening books I've read in a while, though I'm very sure that this will not be a book for anyone and everyone to read. I thought it was very well done account on the issue of child molestation, told from the perspective of an eighteen year old boy reflecting back on ...
Risk of retraumatization for those with sexual misconduct-related trigger issues.Five years ago, Josh was twelve and sleeping with his history teacher, Mrs. Sherman, a fact which came to light following a disastrous spin-the-bottle game with his best friend, Rachel. Now he’s a senior in high school,...
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