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Summary: G is for Gorey who laughed us to death
Review: This book was my first foray into the wierd Victorian-styled blackly-comedic world of Edward Gorey, and definitely got me hooked. It provides an alphabetical list, in rhyming couplets, of children dying from freak accidents, parental neglect, or their own foolishness ("L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks," f'rinstance). It pokes fun at the Victorian era's placing children on a pedestal by pointing out how easy it is for them to fall and possibly asks, through the absence of parents in any of the illustrations, why did people who held children in such high regard leave theirs in big creepy houses full of potential death-traps?
I give it a 3 because, while silly, it's not the best example of Gorey's quirky humor. If you'd like quirky humor and wierd art without dying children, I highly reccomend The Doubtful Guest or The Epipleptic Bicycle
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Summary: H is for HECTOR done in by a thug
Review: The Gashlycrumb Tinies is for those with a macabre, but light sense of humor. It is an A to Z tale of children meeting their doom.WARNING: Please buy this book ONLY if you understand Edward Gorey. He has an odd sense of humor and it is certainly one-of-a kind. The content in this book is not meant to be taken seriously.
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Summary: For $$$ How Can You Go Wrong???
Review: Best twisted children's story EVER. I tricked you, you thought this was going to be negative, but I seriously don't know how you can't like this book unless you're some sort of fundamentalist (which I used to be, but thank, God, I got straightened out). Gorey's art is fabulous black and white and his humor subtly subversive. Seriously, it's only $$$, stop reading and just order it.
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Summary: I'd give this more stars if I could...Dark, of course...
Review: This may be Gorey's best work, ever. I buy this story, in every version I find it in; it's hanging on my wall & this year it travels with me, too. They turned this into a wonderful Datebook for 2003 (and you can buy it on Amazon, too.) This is amzingly good dark humor.
DO NOT GIVE THIS TO YOUR KIDS WITHOUT EXPLAINING DARK HUMOR, HOWEVER. Do not let the kids on the cover fool you; pay attention to the skeleton in the scarf. This is not a bedtime story, unless you've already introduced your kids to something like Nightmare Before Christmas.
But if you love dark humor, you must buy this book. It is a moral imperative.
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Summary: Why?
Review: Throughout the short time it took to read this delightful book, I wondered this: Why am I not disgusted and horrified? Why have I not returned this book, or at last complained about it? Why am I...enjoying it?
The book seems surprisingly wrong, with twenty-six little children meeting their demise. However, the whole thing is darkly comical, and worth reading. However, many would think that a small book consisting of twenty-six pages of print would be a waste of money, and it would be, if it were not for the eerie, scrichy drawings. The drawings are hauntingly disproportionate, drawn in a stylized manner that will have you marvling at their twisted magnificence.
Some say that this book is horrible. I love it
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Summary: Disturbing yet Refreshing
Review: This book is so much fun. I really enjoyed reading this book. I bought it b/c I realized it would be nice to have around for a laugh or two.
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Summary: Sick and wrong
Review: Alright, maybe I'm missing something, but I just don't see what is supposed to be so great about Gorey's stuff. I don't own this book, nor would I want to, but I have seen it in poster form, and personally, I find it disturbing and sick. I can't see the appeal in the grisly deaths of 26 young children, and anyone who does frightens me. Funny!? No way.
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Summary: Undescribable
Review: This book was read to me when I was little as a bed-time story. There is nothing quite like Gorey's, well, gorey sense of humor. I very much appreciate a nice twist in life, especially now that I attend a boarding school in highschool. The Harvey and Hutter Company makes posters actually of the book. It's wonderful, but there is that something you miss in reading the small adult picturebook that Gorey intended. Overall, one of the most memorable books I have ever read and by far the most interesting way to learn your alphabet as a child. Not recommended for the weak of stomach.
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Summary: "Awl" for the love of Gorey
Review: I stumbled across this beautiful little book almost a year ago and I still can't put it down. Edward Gorey has a brilliantly gothic imagination and his poetry is filled with the bleak and shadowed imagery we all have come to expect. "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" is an expertly crafted book of the alphabetical deaths of 26 small children. Each child, as innocent as the next, is knocked off in the most humorous ways. "O is for Olive run through with an Awl" depicts a young pony-tailed girl throwing a sharpened awl in the air; Olive is one of my personal favourites. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone. If you enjoy laughing about the darker things in life this book is definitely for you.
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Summary: Decent...
Review: When I was little I liked the band Everclear. I found this book by listing to an interview of the band and hearing the lead singer say that the man holding the umbrella on the cover of this book was the same man on the tattoo on his arm. I have to admit the book scared me when I was little(around 11), Im 15 now and I re-read it and it seems to be rather funny now that Im more grown up. While this is not a childrens book, I would recoment it to any adult with a twisted sense of humor. Not twisted, but...open minded and ready for anything. The illistrations are priceless and its an all around pretty decent book. Not recomemed for children under 11 years of age.
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