An Abundance of Katherines
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When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. He’s also a washedup child prodigy with ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a passion for anagrams, and an overweight, Judge Judy-obsessed best friend. Colin’s on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which will predict the future of all relationships, transform him from a fading prodigy into a true genius, and finally win him the girl.
Letting expectations go and allowing love in are at the heart of Colin’s hilarious quest to find his missing piece and avenge dumpees everywhere.
DESCRIPTION:
Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780525476887
ISBN: 0525476881
Label: Dutton Juvenile
Manufacturer: Dutton Juvenile
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2006-09-21
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Dutton Juvenile
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Summary: all about this book
Comment: There is nothing funnier than reading about math geek like me trying to figure out life through equations.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Genuine, fun, and smart
Comment: This book is about a former child prodigy, Colin Singleton, who went to a "gifted" school and dated a lot of girls named Katherine. An Abundance of Katherines has a distinctive voice to it: nerdy, confused, and boyish. It definitely doesn't have a mature voice in which most main characters tend to have. John Green shows in depth the mind of a genius.
Although math is not my favorite subject, the "DUMPER/DUMPEE" math formula Green wrote is very fun to see. He makes a lot of connections with regular adult-teen problems and love lives. This book is definitely a must read! It is full of adventures.
The road trip idea was great and the plot was quite good. The plot contains a pretty straightforward idea where Colin becomes in love with a girl whose name is not Katherine which helps him realize that not everything is math. Also, Colin's overweight and nerd best friend, Hassan, who tagged along on the road trip hooks up with the prettiest girl in Gutshot, Tennessee where the two friends ended up during their road trip.
I really recommend it to everyone!
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Summary: An intriguing hook and a good story
Comment: Colin Singleton is a child prodigy who is looking to make his mark on the world. Graduating high school, Colin feels like his one significant mark made on the world by his genius was appearing on a cable game show and winning big for several days running. Colin is looking to make his mark and prove he's the genius that he deep down, yearns to be.
In his life, Colin has dated 19 women--all of them named Katherine. After being dumped for the nineteenth time, Colin decides there must be a mathematical theorem that will predict the future of all relationships. In the midst of this, Colin is sulking and taken on a road-trip to Gutshot, Tennessee (not their original destination, but they end up there).
The hook of "An Abundance of Katherines" is an intriguing one. Looking at the cover, it'd be easy to assume this was a novel about cloning. Instead, it's a coming-of-age story for Colin and his best friend, Hassan. Colin's desperation to prove himself--not only as a genius but also to the Katherine XIX (as she's known in the novel)--is a fascinating journey. The novel does hit some predictable markers for a young adult story, but John Green hits them with such refreshing honesty and nicely done characters that you won't really mind that much.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Funny and Great
Comment: This story was very humerous while being honest and forthright. The road trip experience was almost too much to handle- I laughed so hard I thought I was going to hurt myself.
I fell in love with the narrator and his experiments. He is so sweet!
His sidekick is so funny- he totally lightens the mood of the story and makes this book a must read.
Customer Rating:
Summary: John Green does it again
Comment: I've had this one on my list ever since I read and loved Looking for Alaska, but I just hadn't managed to tackle it yet. Part of the reason behind that, I think, was that the description just didn't grab me the way Looking for Alaska did, or some of the other books in my to-be-read stack. But now I can definitely say I wish I hadn't waited so long - I think I like this one even better than Alaska.
The book in a nutshell: self-described "washed-up child prodigy" Colin Singleton has only ever dated Katherines, and has just been dumped by Katherine the 19th. In an attempt to get Colin out of the dumps, his best friend Hassan decides it's time for a road trip. Somehow they end up in Gutshot, Tennessee, where they meet a girl named Lindsey and her mom, who owns a tampon string factory and soon hires Hassan and Colin. Oh, and Colin's trying to come up with a mathematical theorem to determine who will be the dumpee and dumper in every relationship. And then there's Archduke Franz Ferdinand's grave, a crazy hunting trip, and lots and lots of anagrams. Crazy fun!
I think maybe part of the reason I liked this one so much is that Colin is SO the type that I would've gone for in high school. I love the hot geeky boys! I can't count out Hassan, though. At first it seemed like he was just there to fulfill the funny fat kid sidekick role, but luckily Green didn't fall into that trap, and he ends up being a really interesting, likeable character in his own right. I'd actually kind of like to see a sequel focusing on Hassan and his adventures.
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