An Abundance of Katherines
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“What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?”
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy–loving best friend riding shotgun—but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl. Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself.
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This was the first John Green book I read - back when I was 15 - making this read a re-read. It took a while for me to get into the book, I personally felt the first part a little draggy. But I grew to love Colin, in all his nerdyness, after I got over him being sucha whiney baby. I especially liked the Katherine stories near the end! There were two distinct parts of the book I remembered from the last time I read it: 1) the part where he pointed to his head when Lindsey asked where it hurt and 2) her letter to him. Which probably sums up what this book is about.
Not earth shattering, but definitely enjoyable. Worth the read for Hassan alone. He's fantastic as a character.
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