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Loading... The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Storiesby Tim Burton
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is a strange little volume of macabre stories, mostly told in verse, of children with unusual issues and the horrors that befall them. I suppose it's supposed to be darkly humorous, but I found it just plain old weird. Though in the same vein as Edward Gorey, it's not quite as clever. However, it's not bad for a ten-minute read. (  ) melydia | Oct 28, 2009 |  afterthought | Jun 20, 2009 | This is a little collection of macabre, dark, quirky, humorous, strange and sometimes disturbing poems accompanied by illustrations. Most of the poems have a dark fairy tale/nursery rhyme feel - think Edward Scissorhands in three short verses - but Burton's trademark humour is never very far away. A must read for anyone who loves Burton's films like me. (  )1  riverwillow | Jun 8, 2009 | Tim Burton in typical fashion weaves many darkly humorous tales about a variety of odd characters, including oyster boy, matchstick girl, stain boy, the boy with nails for eyes, and more. I read this book (for the second time) in just over an hour. It's very short. Each tale is illustrated and told in verse, lending them a false sense of innocence, like a nursery rhyme, but most feature unfortunate events and bad ends for the characters. One has to enjoy this kind of dark humor to enjoy the book, and I actually found it more entertaining on the second go around. (  )1 blythe025 | Jun 2, 2009 | This is a strange book. It is very short. It is poetry by Tim Burton supported by little drawings by Tim Burton. I don't know what to say. Most of the poems are about children who are different, mostly different in appearances, and most of these children have a hard time coping with these appearances. But if I was a kid drawn by Tim Burton I would definitely have issues. Some of the poems are slightly disturbing. Most are funny. Some are just bizarre. The artwork is great. The Girl with Many Eyes One day in the park I had quite a surprise. I met a girl who had many eyes. She was really quite pretty (and also quite shocking!) and I noticed she had a mouth, so we ended up talking. We talked about flowers, and her poetry classes, and the problem she'd have if she ever wore glasses. It's great to know a girl who has so many eyes, but you really get wet when she breaks down and cries. ( )1 Banoo | May 31, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burton has become known for his unique visual brilliance -- witty and macabre at once. Now he gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children -- misunderstood outcasts who struggle to find love and belonging in their cruel, cruel worlds. His lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and the tragedy of these dark yet simple beings -- hopeful, hapless heroes who appeal to the ugly outsider in all of us, and let us laugh at a world we have long left behind (mostly anyway).
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