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

5.0

This was a great fresh look on the role of genre, race and modern literacies. It was fun to be able to geek out with Thomas as she draws amazing connects between the genres of fantasy, sci fi, race and racism, fandom and fanfiction, educational ideas of literacy and reader response theory to new concepts (to me) of 'restorying." She connects to books I've enjoyed and to some pop TV I was unfamiliar with, but regardless I was provided new insight and greater respect for viewers, readers and fans. I do think the books occasionally reads a bit like a dissertation (although actually written I think during her post doc) so you'll have to be excited about a couple of these topics to enjoy the book. I hope to keep reading and learning from Thomas!