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A review by sinamile
The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
5.0
ARC Review: Received for free via Netgalley for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
CW: racial slurs & racism (but this book is focused on things like that, so)
I don't know how to eloquently put into words how much I adore this book. How do I go about explaining to someone how this book has changed my views even more than before and for the better.
There were things within writing and characterization of the Black body that I thought I'd taken note of, that I thought I was 'woke' to, and yet, having read this book, I realise that there are still so many things I am unaware of, traps that I, an inspiring writer, fall into.
This books has given me so much food for thought, has made me think longer and harder about characterization of Black people and how we're made to view them, how years of looking at the Black body through the eyes of White creators has warped the way we look at ourselves, the way we create ourselves.
EYE... I am honestly lost for words but lawrd is this a read that is important for all races, because its not just the White gaze that can distort our views of Black people, but other races can also fall into the trap of turning Black characters into caricatures.
Wow. What a book!
PS. The author is also a Harry/Hermione shipper
CW: racial slurs & racism (but this book is focused on things like that, so)
I don't know how to eloquently put into words how much I adore this book. How do I go about explaining to someone how this book has changed my views even more than before and for the better.
There were things within writing and characterization of the Black body that I thought I'd taken note of, that I thought I was 'woke' to, and yet, having read this book, I realise that there are still so many things I am unaware of, traps that I, an inspiring writer, fall into.
This books has given me so much food for thought, has made me think longer and harder about characterization of Black people and how we're made to view them, how years of looking at the Black body through the eyes of White creators has warped the way we look at ourselves, the way we create ourselves.
EYE... I am honestly lost for words but lawrd is this a read that is important for all races, because its not just the White gaze that can distort our views of Black people, but other races can also fall into the trap of turning Black characters into caricatures.
Wow. What a book!
PS. The author is also a Harry/Hermione shipper