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A review by stw07
The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
3.75
The main thesis of this is solid, and a really interesting way to analyze fiction that rings true in a ton of instances. The overall message is one that anyone analyzing literature should consider.
But as a book, the writing style didn’t really work for me. It felt more like a research paper than a book for most of it… and I felt the last bit where the author kind of defends herself from an old Harry Potter fandom scandal a bit out of place… the commentary about JK Rowling also did not age well.
But as a book, the writing style didn’t really work for me. It felt more like a research paper than a book for most of it… and I felt the last bit where the author kind of defends herself from an old Harry Potter fandom scandal a bit out of place… the commentary about JK Rowling also did not age well.