Hard-to-Adapt Work: The book literally has no plot or fleshed out characters.Fanfic Fuel: The book is an excellent source of this, as very little is pinned down in terms of who the characters are, or how they ended up in the scenarios depicted.Said doll is considered to be very iconic to Gorey fans. Not only does she have one of the most over-the-top deaths in the book, drinking too much gin, but her panel depicts her having a sort of faux tea party with a skull-faced doll. The fact that her panel is the only one that depicts any kind of gore likely contributes to this. Kate is also popular among the Gorey fanbase.Not to mention how easy it is to feel bad for his rather chilling death, getting kidnapped and then murdered. Hector is also a favorite to many, as he can be considered the most recognizable of all the kids given his design.A replica of this scene, which was part of a scavenger hunt about finding all of the children (or things related to them), is considered a major attraction at the Edward Gorey House. Not to mention how we only see him from the waist down, further adding to the mysteriousness of the scene. George is considered a fan favorite due to the mysterious nature of his death, crawling under a rug and suffocating under it.It probably helps that she's the first child introduced in the book. Along with that, she is also one of the most well-known of the bunch. Depending on who you ask, Amy in the original book arguably has the most personality of all of the children (On the front cover, she is the frontmost of all of the children in the gathering, and she doesn't look the least bit confident about it, at least compared to everyone else's stoic expressions).It really says something when even Gorey found this character's death particularly funny. Neville is arguably the most popular of all of the children, primarily due to his absurd death of literally dying of boredom, something that many can relate to.Ensemble Dark Horse: Despite having no personalities to speak of, that hasn't stopped Gorey fans from loving many of the children in the book.Is he supposed to be a personification of death, or is he supposed to be the afterlife caretaker for all of the children? The skull-faced figure on the front cover is especially prone to fan speculation.Alternative Character Interpretation: Practically every single character in this book is a potential subject to this.For a while, this song actually became more popular than the book it was based on, to the point where some people who first hear of the book say it reminds them of the song. Just like the book it was based on, the song would also recount the deaths of 26 different children in rhyme.

Some time ago, there was a song by the band Creature Feature called 'A Gorey Demise', which was based off of this book. Adaptation Displacement: The book had a minor example of this.

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