SPORT OF KINGS- HB

I thought I could stomach reading about even the worst social taboos fairly easily but it turns out that an incestuous father-daughter relationship is where I draw the line.



The Sport of Kings is clever, obviously ambitious, at times awkwardly earnest, but very skilfully and artfully put together. I think I “get” it, but the incestuous father-daughter relationship which the author never seems to really condemn, never making anyone pay for that particular crime, making us witness their exchanges, the ‘beloved daddy's and the lack of overall horror of the two people involved, and ending on a “slavery was super bad, and white supremacy is super bad, oh and also, as quick aside, maybe don't groom and rape your daughter? kthx” note still makes the whole completely unsavoury for me.

I appreciate the dedication though.