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A review by theheartisanarrow
The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
4.5
4.5*/ you can tell the immense amount of passion and expertise ebony elizabeth thomas brings to the table when discussing the dark fantastic as a phenomenon as well as its traces in series such as the hunger games, bbc's merlin, hp and the vampire diaries. (those chapters can be read without having read/watched the works in question, but do read better if you have.)
a must read if you're a fan of any of these and/or an avid writer or consumer of speculative fiction, 'the dark fantastic' is interesting, informative, well-balanced between academic text and personal anecdotes and includes fandom as a significant factor in the equation, which i feel like not enough researchers do. (in fact i feel the only reason it took me a wholeass year to get through was bc i originally planned to use it for uni.)
if i were to nitpick i'd say you can tell that this is a few years old now, as the lin-manuel miranda and jkr references made me cringe a bit, but that also means i would be interested to hear the author's perspective on race in media and fandoms post 2020 black lives matter, her updated views on jkr/the hp franchise as well as some media that's come out since including their reception and online discussion (rings of power, percy jackson, the list goes on)
a must read if you're a fan of any of these and/or an avid writer or consumer of speculative fiction, 'the dark fantastic' is interesting, informative, well-balanced between academic text and personal anecdotes and includes fandom as a significant factor in the equation, which i feel like not enough researchers do. (in fact i feel the only reason it took me a wholeass year to get through was bc i originally planned to use it for uni.)
if i were to nitpick i'd say you can tell that this is a few years old now, as the lin-manuel miranda and jkr references made me cringe a bit, but that also means i would be interested to hear the author's perspective on race in media and fandoms post 2020 black lives matter, her updated views on jkr/the hp franchise as well as some media that's come out since including their reception and online discussion (rings of power, percy jackson, the list goes on)