Synopsis from Goodreads.com:
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).
Review/Comment:
Tim Burton, I love his character portrayal, often dark and humorous. It gives a feeling that 'aww, that's sadly delightful'. This book is somewhat expensive in my country, and I've bought it because it's Tim, not because of the price. And I didn't regret it.
The illustrations in the book are captivating. I can feel the sorrow and loneliness of the characters and yet the poems are just as fun to read. It makes us laugh and at the same time pity the characters as they try to find a place in the modern world.
It's a quick read if you don't mind, but anyway the characters want me to want them so bad that I wish I can have a puppet that looks like them. The titular character 'Oyster Boy' is one piece of work that makes me wonder whether this mirrors a society we live in where moral killing is socially agreeable or how one would sacrifice the most precious just to get a luxury one.
Worth to read?
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