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* JackassGenie - The Crooked Man functions as this; see BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor.
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* TheWormThatWalks - Sort of. [[spoiler:When the Crooked Man tears himself apart, bugs and worms fall out.]]
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* Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}} - The Crooked Man is implied to be him.
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* YourMindMakesItReal - Much of the world is derived from David's and [[spoiler:Jonathan's]] fears. The Loups were created from the latter, so when [[spoiler:Leroi finally kills Jonathan, he (as well as the rest of the Loups), fall apart and cease to exist.]]
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* YourMindMakesItReal - Much of the world is derived from David's and [[spoiler:Jonathan's]] fears. The Loups were created from the latter, so when [[spoiler:Leroi finally kills Jonathan, he (as well as the rest of the Loups), fall falls apart and cease ceases to exist.]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor - A greedy and gluttonous man requests that the Crooked Man pay him in gold the weight of everything that he has eaten at a buffet. The Golden Man complies...by pouring molten gold down his throat.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor - A greedy and gluttonous man requests that the Crooked Man pay him in gold the weight of everything that he has eaten at a buffet. The Golden Crooked Man complies...by pouring molten gold down his throat.
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* YourMindMakesItReal - Much of the world is derived from David's and [[spoiler:Jonathan's]] fears. In the case of the latter, the Loups were a creation of [[spoiler:Jonathan's]] fears, so when [[spoiler:Leroi finally kills Jonathan, he (as well as the rest of the Loups), fall apart and cease to exist.]]
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* YourMindMakesItReal - Much of the world is derived from David's and [[spoiler:Jonathan's]] fears. In the case of The Loups were created from the latter, the Loups were a creation of [[spoiler:Jonathan's]] fears, so when [[spoiler:Leroi finally kills Jonathan, he (as well as the rest of the Loups), fall apart and cease to exist.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild - There are very few who ''wouldn't.''
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* WouldHurtAChild - There are very few who ''wouldn't.''''
* YourMindMakesItReal - Much of the world is derived from David's and [[spoiler:Jonathan's]] fears. In the case of the latter, the Loups were a creation of [[spoiler:Jonathan's]] fears, so when [[spoiler:Leroi finally kills Jonathan, he (as well as the rest of the Loups), fall apart and cease to exist.]]
* YourMindMakesItReal - Much of the world is derived from David's and [[spoiler:Jonathan's]] fears. In the case of the latter, the Loups were a creation of [[spoiler:Jonathan's]] fears, so when [[spoiler:Leroi finally kills Jonathan, he (as well as the rest of the Loups), fall apart and cease to exist.]]
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* AgeWithoutYouth - [[spoiler:Jonathan Tulvey.]]
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* EvilVersusEvil - The Crooked Man and the Loups both want David for their own reasons.
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* ICannotSelfTerminate - [[spoiler:Jonathan Tulvey, who wants to die but can only grow progressively older.]]
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* DrivenToMadness - A common result of the Crooked Man's tortures, usually after being ForcedToWatch.
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* DisneyDeath - [[spoiler:The Huntsman, who returns safe and sound at the end after apparently being killed by the Loups early on.]]
* DealWithTheDevil - Any deal with the Crooked Man.
* DealWithTheDevil - Any deal with the Crooked Man.
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* DealWithTheDevil - Any deal with the Crooked Man.
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* Literature/LittleRedRidingHood - In this version, Red Riding Hood seduces the BigBadWolf and later gives birth to the first Loup. She later has other woman couple with wolves, some willingly and some by force.
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* Literature/LittleRedRidingHood - In this version, Red Riding Hood seduces the BigBadWolf TheBigBadWolf and later gives birth to the first Loup. She later has other woman couple with wolves, some willingly and some by force.
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* Literature/LittleRedRidingHood - In this version, Red Riding Hood seduces the BigBadWolf and later gives birth to the first Loup. She later has other woman couple with wolves, some willingly and some by force.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever - The fate of [[spoiler:Jonathan Tulvey]].
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever - The fate of [[spoiler:Jonathan Tulvey]].Tulvey.]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids - It's a story about a twelve year old boy who visits a fairy tale land... and is filled to the brim with HighOctaneNightmareFuel.
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* EldritchAbomination - The Beast.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids - It's a story about a twelve year old boy who visits a fairy tale land... and is filled to the brim with HighOctaneNightmareFuel.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever - The fate of [[spoiler:JonathanTulvey]].Tulvey]].
* WouldHurtAChild - There are very few who ''wouldn't.''
* WhoWantsToLiveForever - The fate of [[spoiler:Jonathan
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor - A greedy and gluttonous man requests that the Crooked Man pay him in gold the weight of everything that he has eaten at a buffet. The Golden Man complies...by pouring molten gold down his throat.
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* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame - The Huntress surgically combines humans with animals to heighten the thrill of the hunt.
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* BodyHorror - Many examples abound but the Huntress' "creations" and [[spoiler:the Crooked Man's body falling apart]] come to mind.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever - The fate of [[spoiler:Jonathan Tulvey]].
* VillainousBreakdown - [[spoiler:The Crooked Man essentially tears himself in half after being thwarted by David.]]
* VillainousBreakdown - [[spoiler:The Crooked Man essentially tears himself in half after being thwarted by David.]]
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever - The fate of [[spoiler:Jonathan Tulvey]].
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* VillainousBreakdown - [[spoiler:The Crooked Man essentially tears himself in half after being thwarted by David.]]
* VillainousBreakdown - [[spoiler:The Crooked Man essentially tears himself in half after being thwarted by David.]]
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* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis - At the end, it states that the book you're reading is the one the character wrote. It then gets confusing because things happen in the end that don't happen until after he wrote it and published. So you're reading things in his book that the character says he wrote but couldn't have despite actually happening.
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* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis - At the end, it states that the book you're reading is the one the character David wrote. It then gets confusing because things happen in the end that don't happen until after he wrote it and published. So you're reading things in his book that the character says he wrote but couldn't have despite actually happening.
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* DealWithTheDevil - Any deal with the Crooked Man.
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* AndIMustScream - The fate of many of the Crooked Man's victims.
* ForcedToWatch - The Crooked Man's favorite method of torture.
* FracturedFairyTale - Much of the book fits under this.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame - The Huntress surgically combines humans with animals to heighten the thrill of the hunt.
* FracturedFairyTale - Much of the book fits under this.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame - The Huntress surgically combines humans with animals to heighten the thrill of the hunt.
* SoulJar - A literal example. [[spoiler: The Crooked Man's life is sustained via the soul of a child that he keeps in a jar.]]
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* StayOnThePath - David is warned to stay off the road; when he strays to pick an apple, he is captured by a hunter.
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* StayOnThePath - David is warned to stay off the road; when he strays to pick an apple, he is captured by a hunter.hunter.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent - The Loups, wolf/man hybrids that come from the coupling of wolves and women.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever - The fate of [[spoiler:Jonathan Tulvey]].
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent - The Loups, wolf/man hybrids that come from the coupling of wolves and women.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever - The fate of [[spoiler:Jonathan Tulvey]].
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* Sssssnaketalk - [spoiler: The witch posing as Rose]] speaks like this after undergoing GlamourFailure.
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* Sssssnaketalk {{Sssssnaketalk}} - [spoiler: [[spoiler: The witch posing as Rose]] speaks like this after undergoing GlamourFailure.
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!!The novel contains examples of:
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/book-of-lost-things_5613.jpg]]'''''The Book of Lost Things''''' is a novel written by JohnConnolly.
After the death of his mother, twelve-year old David struggles to deal with his father remarrying and the birth of a new child. Feeling alone, he goes to his books for company. Soon he is propelled into a world that is both imaginary and real, a strange reflection of his own world composed of myths and stories, populated by wolves and worse-than-wolves, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a legendary book . . . The Book of Lost Things.
* BuryYourGays - [[spoiler:The knight Roland, who is trying to find out what happened to his lost lover, Raphael. He is, of course, dead. Roland ends up dying as well, once he finds out what happened.]]
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis - At the end, it states that the book you're reading is the one the character wrote. It then gets confusing because things happen in the end that don't happen until after he wrote it and published. So you're reading things in his book that the character says he wrote but couldn't have despite actually happening.
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles - David and the Woodsman mark the tree though which David arrives with a string. The Crooked Man, rather than simply remove the string, ties strings to ''all'' of the trees in the area.
* Sssssnaketalk - [spoiler: The witch posing as Rose]] speaks like this after undergoing GlamourFailure.
* StayOnThePath - David is warned to stay off the road; when he strays to pick an apple, he is captured by a hunter.
After the death of his mother, twelve-year old David struggles to deal with his father remarrying and the birth of a new child. Feeling alone, he goes to his books for company. Soon he is propelled into a world that is both imaginary and real, a strange reflection of his own world composed of myths and stories, populated by wolves and worse-than-wolves, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a legendary book . . . The Book of Lost Things.
* BuryYourGays - [[spoiler:The knight Roland, who is trying to find out what happened to his lost lover, Raphael. He is, of course, dead. Roland ends up dying as well, once he finds out what happened.]]
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis - At the end, it states that the book you're reading is the one the character wrote. It then gets confusing because things happen in the end that don't happen until after he wrote it and published. So you're reading things in his book that the character says he wrote but couldn't have despite actually happening.
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles - David and the Woodsman mark the tree though which David arrives with a string. The Crooked Man, rather than simply remove the string, ties strings to ''all'' of the trees in the area.
* Sssssnaketalk - [spoiler: The witch posing as Rose]] speaks like this after undergoing GlamourFailure.
* StayOnThePath - David is warned to stay off the road; when he strays to pick an apple, he is captured by a hunter.
