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by Tim Burton

Reading For The Heck Of It rated it

5 years ago

text Short but definitely not sweet

Ever since I knew of its existence, I’ve wanted to read Tim Burton’s The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories. Unfortunately, my library doesn't own a copy so I had to order it through Interlibrary Loan. Of course, after all of that effort it was a bit of a letdown to discover that it was ...

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Bettie's Books rated it

10 years ago

text The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton

bookshelves: winter-20142015, amusing, art-forms, author-love, casual-violence, doo-lally, foxtrotted-uniform, hippy-dippy-trippy-trash, paper-read, poetry, published-1993 Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Melki Read on January 12, 2015 Description: From breathtaking stop-action animation to bitters...

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Nicole Reads rated it

10 years ago

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Wow. That was one very bizarre collection of poetry that has more sexual references than I could've imagined. Also super creepy, no matter how captivating the illustrations look. I will confess I'm not the biggest Tim Burton fan. Maybe because Edward Scissorhands destroyed me and I have never been...

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mashahsam rated it

11 years ago

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~Mairéad's Reading List~ rated it

11 years ago

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“Son, are you happy? I don't mean to pry,but do you dream of Heaven?Have you ever wanted to die?”4.5 stars because honestly it's just plain creepy and I want more!As a Tim Burton fan myself, I never heard of this until my cousin, who's probably the BIGGEST Tim Burton fan ever (she wears black and sh...

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Poisoning with words rated it

11 years ago

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Siniestro. Hermoso. Desgarrador.

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Twirling Book Princess rated it

11 years ago

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People here might not know it, but I love Tim Burton. His movies are absolutely fantastic and thus I really wanted this book, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Until I went to Amsterdam and found it in great condition in a second-hand bookstore. I started reading immediately, only to be stopped by ...

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pseudolibrary rated it

11 years ago

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I love this book! Full of sass, death and a remarkable number of failed relationships due to freaky babies. I think my favorite is Stain Boy.

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Bettie's Books rated it

11 years ago

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to find/look into

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Tina Sandevska rated it

12 years ago

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This is me--a huge Tim Burton fan (or so I thought): One day, while carelessly browsing the Internets, I came across a book that I had no idea existed. I couldn't believe my eyes and felt especially stupid when realization hit me: I must have been living under a rock in a God-forsaken place, as ne...

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