tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945409560028604120.post7189161220071669297..comments2024-03-25T18:28:11.545-07:00Comments on It's Either Sadness or Bookphoria...: Book Review: "Livia Lone" by Barry EislerLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05498144703249090413noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945409560028604120.post-6201998567975299652016-12-26T09:58:36.613-08:002016-12-26T09:58:36.613-08:00Eisler rights pretty well, but his main character,...Eisler rights pretty well, but his main character, Livia has some disturbing trait: she rapes a boy, she gets a sexual thrill from murder, and she is a pathological liar.<br />Eisler also seems to have drunk a little too deeply from the social justice well of race and gender hatred. All the bad people are white, all the good people are female, and Livia herself is bigoted towards a female roommate at college, attributing her roommate's attitude to racism instead of befriending her.<br />Sadly, Eisler succumbs to the temptation to make his star a super-woman. Livia is just naturally better than anyone at everything-learns English in 2 months, learns motorcycle mechanics, Olympic ju jitsu artist, regularly beats up men twice her size, and also is an expert in electronics-the usual female tropes one would expect from a lesser writer.<br /><br />Barry Eisler has decided to cash in on the latest social trends, so i can't blame him for making money, however, as a writer his integrity is now in question.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674569627913779730noreply@blogger.com