Tuesday 17 December 2013

Book Review Number Two !


Over the past few weeks, I have been reading another book by the bestselling author, John Green. This book is called An Abundance of Katherines. It is about a boy named Colin Singleton who has recently had his heart broken by a girl named Katherine. Colin has not only been in a relationship with THIS Katherine... there have been many other Katherines (18 to be exact). Colin is a 17 year old boy who can speak 11 languages and has a passion for anagrams. He becomes depressed because even though he has maintained his status of a prodigy, he has not yet become a genius. He wishes to become a genius by searching for a 'eureka' moment.

After graduating from high school, and before college, Colin's friend Hassan convinces him to go on a road trip with him to take his mind off the breakup with 'Katherine XIX'. After driving for a while, they come across the grave of the body of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. There, they meet Lindsey Lee Wells, a “paramedic in training.” She is the tour guide for those seeing the tomb of the Archduke. After a short time, Colin and Hassan find themselves employed by Hollis, Lindsey's mother and the woman running a local factory. They live with Hollis and Lindsey in a rural town called Gutshot in Tennessee.


As time passes, Colin finds himself becoming attracted to Lindsey, though matters are somewhat complicated by her on-again, off-again boyfriend Colin (he and Hassan call him TOC, "the other Colin").  Colin Singleton, the prodigy, attempts to become a genius by having his Eureka moment. He chases this goal through his theorem, called the Theorem of Underlying Katherine Probability, which is meant to determine the curve of any relationship based on several factors of the personalities of the two people in a relationship. It would predict the future of any two people. His theorem eventually works for all but one of his past relationships with a Katherine. But it is later discovered by Colin that he had dumped this Katherine (Katherine III), rather than the other way around. 


Although I am a huge fan of John Greens books, I found that this book didn't hold my attention for a very long time. I didn't really like the main character, Colin as I found him slightly annoying. 


I would not recommend this book to anyone who hasn't already read John Greens books as I rate this book much lower than I rate his other books.

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