Well, I didn't expect THAT ending. I liked this book, and thought it was interesting the way your sympathy for the characters changed. Lots of people didn't like it though - see their views here.
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton was as bizarre as you might expect from the director of films like Beetlejuice. It was strangely touching in some places and truly horrid in others - and funny at the same time. A tiny, tiny read, ideal for my purposes at this stage in the Book-a-Day.
Day 319; Book 309
‘She blended in with the ground’: Cute calico kitten is nearly mistaken for
a pile of autumn leaves, but quickly gets rescued and recruited into a
loving cat family of 5
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One minute, you think you're taking a nice evening walk in the early days
of autumn alone, and the next, you're bringing a foliage-colored feline
home wi...
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