The Book of Counted
Sorrows by Dean Koontz
Barnes & Noble Digital - 2001
ISBN: 1-4014-0020-5 - eBook
General Fiction / Humor / Poetry
I wonder how many Dean
Koontz fans have been searching used book databases for years, looking
for a book named "The Book Of Counted Sorrows." I looked everywhere;
I inquired of every library and used book dealer I was able to contact.
Koontz has included quotes from that book as leaders for many years, whetting
our appetite to see the whole book and glean it's wisdom. Then we learned
that the poetry was written by Dean, and that no such book existed. How
disappointing!
Now he has put together
the "Counted Sorrows" poems along with a hilarious history of
the book, and a glimpse of life at the Koontz mansion. When I downloaded
this e-book, it was certainly not what I expected . . . but it was well
worth the wait. After reading such books as "Whispers," "Intensity,"
"Mr. Murder," and his other frightening horror books, I had
no idea that Mr. Koontz could write such sidesplitting humor. And then
. . . beginning after page 145, there is the poetry for which we have
searched so long.
The characters that
populate Koontz manor and the historical owners of "The Book of Counted
Sorrows" are marvelous creations by a master. I will not be able
to read another Koontz horror tome without remembering how Mrs. Scuttlesby
sees to it that Dean toes the mark at the Koontz Estate, or the many owners
of the "Book of Counted Sorrows" and their improbable fates
. . . the "Counted Sorrows Curse." This is truly a whole new
insight into the mind of a genius. Mr. Koontz, please give your devoted
fans more of this side of your creativity.
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