![]() Historically speaking, incest isn’t that unusual, and was considered acceptable (though not between siblings) up to around the middle ages (as far as I can tell). My opinion on the incest taboo is that it is something that society has created in order to reduce the prevalence of children born with recessive genetic diseases. I certainly think it’s meant to challenge its readers’ outlook on certain taboos (there’s even a scene in the book where Maya and her friend Francie talk about taboo relationships, and Maya comes to the conclusion that basically nothing is taboo anymore – except what she feels for Lochan), but there’s a lot more between Maya and Lochan than a broken taboo, so let’s talk about that. ![]() I’ve seen a few reviews that criticise Forbidden as being a defence of incest, but I don’t think it is, precisely. (And it’s set in the UK, which I think is important to mention, because the UK age of consent is 16, so they’re both of-age.) So first of all, I should tell you (just in case you haven’t actually read the book) that the focal point of this book is an incestuous relationship between two siblings a brother and sister aged 17 (18 towards the end) and 16, respectively. ![]() ![]() “My weirdness over this book is probably not for the reason you think it is…”įorbidden left me with a lot of mixed feelings, not because I didn’t like the book (because I did), but because I wasn’t entirely comfortable with the way that it addressed certain issues – and, no, I’m not talking about the incest (at least, not for the most part). ![]()
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