Zoe Fox
Mr. Bauks
11/11/13
An Abundance of Katherines
Colin Singleton is a prodigy and genius that recently graduated from his high school. His nineteenth girlfriend named Katherine also very recently dumped him. Yes, all nineteen of his girlfriends have been named Katherine and breaking up with the nineteenth Katherine (known as “Katherine the Great”) made him extremely depressed. This is a realistic-fictional tale of Colin’s journey with his best friend Hassan, who was trying to get Colin’s mind off of his awfully rough break-up. With 10,000 dollars in his pocket and “a feral hog on his trail”, Colin is on a mission to prove a mathematical theorem he hopes will predict the future of any relationship and conceivably win the girl. The tone throughout is quirky, nerdy, and generally fun. I don't think that reading this novel will change any lives, but it will certainly get a lot of laughs at certain points. Although John Green by far is my favorite author, this is definitely not one of his better books. I have very high expectations for all of his pieces because I loved Will Grayson, Will Grayson, Looking For Alaska, and The Fault in Our Stars. I read The Fault in Our Stars three different times and loved it the same (or if not more) every single time. This book was very difficult to get into and enjoy at the beginning and definitely hard finishing. I think it's because of the plot line, because not much occurred at a time. I like reading a book that I feel like I absolutely can’t put down because I’m so involved with it, and I feel like I did not get into this as easily. Unfortunately, I probably would not recommend this book to anyone else who is looking into reading a John Green book. However, that does not mean I don’t love him or his work any less!
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