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Summary: "She Ate Poo..."
Review: The very line that vaulted me from my chair to the floor, rolling about in hysterics with tears squirting from the corners of my eyes. I laughed so hard it hurt. But then I have a healthy appreciation for dark, dark, abyssmally black humor. Yes, the word "poo" makes me laugh; yes, I am an adult; yes, my IQ is very high- it's still funny. For the slightest tiniest underdog in you, "The Debbies" will make you laugh until you puke. Read it, love it, live it. (thanks Mary!!!)
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Summary: More delightful than Disney, more like Gorey or Grimm
Review: Ah, the Debbies. I remember them well. In fact, I must still work with them oftentimes.
If you were raised on Disney, you will either run away screaming after reading this book, or you will find yourself cackling with glee.
Pay attention to details: toaster, poked eyes, pigs in cages. And the endings are wonderful. What's wrong with being crazy?
Though the shaved cats. . .
In any case, this is a wonderful variation on the fairy tales we heard as children -- rather far from the tree, but wonderful.
If you like Gorey's macabre sense of humor and the Grimm Brother's refusal to sugarcoat the ending, please read this.
If not, kindly flee in terror now.
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Summary: Absolutely Hilarious
Review: I was never so excited to read a book! The stories got me deep inside in that dark, can't laugh in church place and I was laughing out loud on the streetcar. "The Debbies" did me in. My only complaint is that there are only 14 stories - I want more! Great book.
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Summary: This book is soooooo unoriginal- you should be ashamed!
Review: This book was obviously quickly put together with not much effort, and I must add not many original ideas from Angus himself.... For others that enjoyed this book, why not look at much better executed PRIOR EXISTING versions by the likes of Tim Burton, Edward Gorey, Roman Dirge, Shel Silverstein and Gahan Wilson.
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Summary: I Cracked Up!
Review: I found this book in the horror section of my local bookstore and had to read it. I loved it! I could even identify with some of the characters. Some get revenge, so that side of me danced with glee. Maybe that's why it was in the horror section! Maybe it isn't truly meant for kids, but I'd have loved this when I was younger!
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Summary: PURE-PURE GENIUS!
Review: I have never seen a book like this! If you haven't yet readit, drop whatever mundane task you're doing, leave the building &go find a bookstore! But really folks-- get this book, claim it as your own by writing your name in the "This book belongs to" page then no one can steal it... Buy it for your troubled child to make him more troubled. I've heard there's going to be a TV show based on the characters in this book! I can't wait. I will one day find & marry this Angus Oblong person..
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Summary: ugh.
Review: Perhaps i was most annoyed because i was expectingsomethingwhich this book was not. i was expecting stories. this bookis instead a collection of full page, poorly drawn, incomplete illustrations with small snippets of text scribbled at the bottom. and the stories aren't so much creepy, as preadolescent.
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Summary: Horror Award Nominee
Review: Big Oblong fan here . . . just read a notice that Angus's book has been nominated for a Bram Stoker award for best horror. Hurrah! Here's hoping it wins! I've also heard that it's also going to be an animated series on TV next fall . . . a show that's sure to send viewers to their respective therapists <grin>
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Summary: Black is Black
Review: I've been a lover of black humor all of my life and, in particular, a fan of adult story books. I never thought anyone could rival Edward Gorey but Angus Oblong is the heir apparent. No, this book is not for children, but for those of us who lead less than idyllic childhoods, and for those of us who have progressed far enough on the therapist's couch to laugh about it - this book is a treasure.
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Summary: Creepy Susie : And 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Childr
Review: Angus Oblong has a genius for creating amaizingly full and complex stories within a framework of a child's tale. It is that childish point of view which allows him to write a Shakesperian tragedy (along with the associated emotions) within the space of two pages. The reader is instantly provided with a rapport to the unassuming children thrust into a cynicall world. As for the humor, you would laugh with the children, but they are not laughing.
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