 On its publication, "Lizoanca" caused debates, as it brought to the public's attention the story of a child almost unanimously accused of the atrocities committed by the accusers.Translated into German, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, the novel had reviews and kindled debates on taboo themes, such as pedophilia, domestic abuse, the issue of children with incompetent parents (Marina Freier and Magyar Nemzet).For that matter, the topic of family decay as an institution is recurrent in all the novels written by Doina Rusti.