I’ve
noticed that I have gotten in the habit of posting book reviews on Tuesdays –
I’m thinking of making it somewhat of a regular thing or as close to regular as
possible. This Tuesday’s book review will be on An Abundance of Katherines, by
John Green. The only other book I have read by John Green is The Fault In Our
Stars; I enjoyed The Fault In Our Stars, but I had my fingers crossed that An
Abundance of Katherines had somewhat of a happier story line, and thankfully it
did.
When it
comes to dating it seems that most people have a type. Colin Singleton’s type
is any girl named Katherine, having to be spelt exactly k-a-t-h-e-r-i-n-e, no
Kathryns, Catherines, or any other spelling variation of the name ‘Katherine’. Katherine
may be a pretty name unfortunately all the Katherines are forever dumping
Colin. After the nineteenth time of being dumped by a Katherine, Colin goes on
a road trip with his best friend, Hassan, to take his mind off the breakup and
re-evaluate his life.
At the
start of the road trip Colin is drowning in self-pity of being an
anagram-loving washed-up child prodigy, that may never be a genius or have a ‘eureka’
moment, and has been dumped 19 times by Katherines. Collin and Hassan pull off
at an exit to see the archdukes final resting place in Shotgun, TN. Collin and
Hassan decide to stop in Shotgun and stay with a family who owns the town
factory. Colin finally has a ‘eureka’ moment and is set on a mission to prove The
Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which hopefully will predict
the future of any relationship.
From
making a new friend, Lindsey, to interviewing everyone in the town of Gunshot
as part of his summer job, to learning how to hunt; Colin finds himself in the
small southern town through adventures and experiences he otherwise might not
have had in Chicago. I will admit The Fault In Our Stars had a more in-depth,
emotional storyline, but the writing in An Abundance of Katherines is equal to
that of Green’s The Fault In Our Stars.
Sounds like a nice book! Def got to read more books this year!
ReplyDeletexoxo Colli || TOBEYOUTIFUL
That is a goal of mine too - I am shooting for two a month.
DeleteI'm always looking for book suggestions, I'm definitely going to have to try this one!
ReplyDelete-xo Cait
www.preppyinpastels.com
It's a pretty good book!
DeleteI love John Green and I wanna read this book so bad!
ReplyDeleteIt a pretty good book, if you're a John Green fan you would really like this book!
DeleteExcited for you Tuesday Book Club Lauren! A girl at work was reading this book a few weeks ago, I'll have to see if I can borrow it.
ReplyDelete-Alex
www.monstermisa.blogspot.com
I think you would like it - it's a pretty good book, but a little slow at certain points.
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