A review by 5aru
The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

inspiring reflective

4.75

An excellent insight into the representation (or lack thereof) of racialized people within fantasy and speculative fiction, and the role which race plays into our imaginations of the impossible. I only wish Thomas had dedicated more space to her theory of the dark fantastic, but the case studies she chose were nevertheless illuminating as to its workings.