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

4.0

The book is dense. It leans heavily academic, but, if you're willing to muddle through the theorizing, and you have an open heart and an open mind, it can change the way you consume fantasy media. Never once have I thought to myself why are there Black witches and wizards with English names in Harry Potter, because rarely do I spare a thought for the fact that millions of Black people call the US home because they were plucked from their homes and relocated as property for someone else. I thought it wasn't polite to think about it, but it created a hole in my ability to critically consume fiction, and probably everything else.