Additional Reviews:
An Abundance of Katherines By: John Green
Recommended
by: Linda W.
Plot:
John Green, being witty as usual, recently published this book and this coming
of age story interested me the first time I saw it. The book is about a boy
named Colin Singleton, who just graduated form high school. He is very very
smart and only dates girls named Katherine. In all, he has dated nineteen girls
named Katherine. Number nineteen, or K19 as he calls her, was the only one who
broke his heart. His best friend, Hassan, convinces Colin to go on a road trip
to get him out of the “post-breakup” depression. The two of them drive and end
up in Gutshot, Tennessee, where they meet Lindsey and her family. Lindsey’s
mother, Hollis, gives Colin and Hassan jobs and they decide to stay there. Colin
interacts with the whole Gutshot community and creates the Theorem on his
relationships with Katherines. He learns many things and eventually gets over
his depression.
Why
read?
I found this book very enjoyable to read
because the way John Green writes the novel is very entertaining. I often found
myself laughing out loud at the kind of situations Colin and Hassan get involved
with and how they get out of it. It’s a great book to read for fun and
it’s also a book that teaches a moral. Colin
discovers his problem with his Theorem and finally starts to mature.
Recommended by:
Kyle C.
Plot:
This book is a less than typical story about the misadventures of a child
prodigy named Colin and his Arabic friend, Hassan. After being dumped by the
19th girl named Katherine during the summer of his senior year, Hassan takes
Colin on a road trip to take his mind off of it. Their travels eventually take
them to Gutshot, Tennessee where they meet Lindsey Lee Wells for an
unforgettable summer filled with emotions, equations, drama, love, and deceit.
Along the way, Colin finds himself in this coming of age story.
Why read?
This book is worth reading because it is a humorous story with powerful
underlying themes. Colin Singleton is a prodigy, but realizes that can only get
him so far. To him, a prodigy is one who retains information of what people
already know, but a true genius is one that comes up with the new ideas. He
spends much of the road trip developing a formula to predict how relationships
turn out, by modeling it after his relationships with the 19 Katherines he’s
been dumped by. By the end, Colin finds that he can only record the past, but
cannot predict the future. Hassan definitely brings in comedy, and his antics
bring out the humorous side of Colin as well. With catch phrases such as
sitzpinkler or “man who pees while sitting down” in German, and kafir, or “fool”
in Arabic. Hassan also never forgets to inform people of how he is not a
terrorist and uses his ”fat kid asthma” to get out of situations, but has yet to
register for college despite getting in a year ago. At the end of the story he
realizes he has come to a point where he needs to act mature
Recommended
by: Hanna W
Plot:
An Abundance of
Katherines by John Green is the coming of age story of a declining child prodigy
and his ‘semi-religious’ Arab best friend. Colin was always considered smart
when he was younger but he feels that now that he’s graduated high school his
knowledge is declining and he’ll never become a genius, as most child prodigies
don’t. What’s on his mind is how his girlfriend Katherine, the last of 19
sequential with the same last name. His older by a year best friend, Hassan is
almost the complete opposite, fat, lazy, and not driven at all. Over the summer
they decide to go off the worn path and take a road trip down South where they
end up in the hometown of the grave of the Austro-Hungarian Duke Franz
Ferdinand, whom Colin feels a special connection to. Along with the people he
meets and the events he experiences, Colin’s life will be drastically changed,
if not for his whole life, then definitely for the summer.
Why
read?
To begin, this is a great book for both girls
and guys, so don’t get turned off by the title. Overall it was an incredibly
good book – I gave it a rating of 9 out of 10. It was funny overall, with little
footnotes and random equations that are amusing while your reading. Also, it has
flash backs throughout the story, so you aren’t only trying to discover what’s
happening currently, but you’re also trying to piece together the history of
everything. Overall, this book is a bit of everything (it even has a little
mystery thrown in) and you’ll be sure to enjoy it.
Reviewers note:
If you liked
this you will definitely enjoy John Green'
Recommended
by: Willy Y.
Plot:This
book is about a 17 year old person named Colin who needs to find understanding
in life. He is a Child prodigy that knows everything and can speak 11 languages.
Just recently he was dumped by a girl named Katherine and now he is depressed
and doesn’t want to go to college. This is his nineteenth time being dumped by a
girl named Katherine. Because of his recent mishap, he decides to make a
mathematical theorem to try and calculate and predict relationships. His best
friend Hassan, who loves Judge Judy, decides to take him on a road trip to
straighten out his life and find meaning. They eventually meet a nice family and
they stay there to work for them.
Why read?
This book is worth
reading because the reader can relate to the main character in some way. Since
the main character is 17 that is about the age of a high school student. One of
the characters, Hassan, is extremely funny and everything he says is hilarious.
It is also teaches you about life and how relationships can end but that doesn’t
mean your life is over. It is a coming of age book that shows Colin growing up
and realizing that there is more about relationships then getting dumped. The
number one reason to read this book is because of its humor and random comedy.
Very Funny...