Summary: An Abundance Of Katherines
An Abundance of Katherines Relationships are very high maintenance. John Green shows this is can be very true in life by telling a realistic story of Chicago prodigy (and wannabee genius), Colin Singleton who just lost yet another girlfriend named Katherine, the 19th in fact, hence the title An Abundance of Katherines. Colin struggles to be liked by others and notices this is most likely the reason why he has been dumped so many times. Green makes the story interesting by adding lots dry humor and stories about the misfit characters in Colin’s journey to fit in but the story can be very predictable at times. Colin Singleton is the stereotypical self-centered prodigy who doesn’t really fit in with or understand anyone. The only person he kind of understands is his best friend Hassan who tells him what people really want to hear instead of talking about anagrams or when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed. To top that off, he can’t seem to have a single girlfriend who really liked him for who he really is. Colin goes on a road trip with Hassan to get away from all the Katherine/girlfriend drama in the city and
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ends up in a small town of Gutshot, Tennessee and meets some pretty curious characters. The boys meet and are housed by beautiful popular Lindsey Lee and Hollis Wells in the small town. Lindsey helps Colin become a better person. Green uses great descriptions of the surroundings and Colin’s mood to establish a mood and setting that was different than the city. I found it very ironic that the so-called prodigy didn’t know something as basic as how to fit in which gave some meaning to the story; that sometimes brilliance blinds you to what’s really important which was a bit irritating to me since the answers to his problems were right in front of him.
On the other hand, Green gives a great life lesson in a way that a teen audience can relate to: You should never change who you are to fit in because most people will like you just the way you are. This is something a lot of people have struggled with or are still struggling with and I liked that Green addressed this issue in a humorous but empathetic way since a story with a lesson is easier to read when there is humor. Green also showed that future can be unpredictable by how Colin is constantly trying to create a mathematical theorem to predict a
relationship.
While this book had some strong features, compared to the other books John Green has written, I did not enjoy it as much since it was slow paced and the ending was very cliché (SPOILER ALERT: Colin gets the girl). John Green also used footnotes and a theorem (that was often mentioned mathematically) throughout the story which were both distracting since they didn’t contribute much to the plot except a small lesson. Additionally, Green incorporated flashbacks at the end of the chapter meant to be explanatory but to me they were rather confusing. I would recommend reading one of Green’s other books over An Abundance of Katherines for a more entertaining and unique storyline.
–⭐⭐⭐ (3 stars)
ends up in a small town of Gutshot, Tennessee and meets some pretty curious characters. The boys meet and are housed by beautiful popular Lindsey Lee and Hollis Wells in the small town. Lindsey helps Colin become a better person. Green uses great descriptions of the surroundings and Colin’s mood to establish a mood and setting that was different than the city. I found it very ironic that the so-called prodigy didn’t know something as basic as how to fit in which gave some meaning to the story; that sometimes brilliance blinds you to what’s really important which was a bit irritating to me since the answers to his problems were right in front of him.
On the other hand, Green gives a great life lesson in a way that a teen audience can relate to: You should never change who you are to fit in because most people will like you just the way you are. This is something a lot of people have struggled with or are still struggling with and I liked that Green addressed this issue in a humorous but empathetic way since a story with a lesson is easier to read when there is humor. Green also showed that future can be unpredictable by how Colin is constantly trying to create a mathematical theorem to predict a
relationship.
While this book had some strong features, compared to the other books John Green has written, I did not enjoy it as much since it was slow paced and the ending was very cliché (SPOILER ALERT: Colin gets the girl). John Green also used footnotes and a theorem (that was often mentioned mathematically) throughout the story which were both distracting since they didn’t contribute much to the plot except a small lesson. Additionally, Green incorporated flashbacks at the end of the chapter meant to be explanatory but to me they were rather confusing. I would recommend reading one of Green’s other books over An Abundance of Katherines for a more entertaining and unique storyline.
–⭐⭐⭐ (3 stars)