an abundance of katherines by john green 5novels

Instead I read it third, and I was more forgiving after reading two really good books. Had I read them in publication order I probably would have never continued to read any of his other books. As a follow up to LOOKING FOR ALASKA it was a mess. It’s wandering and random, the main character is totally unlikable, and the plot is incredibly boring. Where does he come up with this stuff? If I’m honest it kind of comes off as a little pretentious, part of the reason I disliked Colin so much.Īs John Green books go, AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES is his weakest. But this is Green’s random obscurity at its strangest and I couldn’t get passed it. Paper towns as a concept? Black Santas? Metaphors and infinities? Ok, fine. In the two previous books these little side things are cute. Besides the fact that this character is supposed to be some kind of genius (blech) there’s all this math and a side quest of anagrams. He’s just intolerable, insufferable, obnoxious.Īs is typical for a John Green novel there’s some weird side thing that the MC is obsessed with.

Already I hate this kid and the longer I spend with him the more I can’t stand him. This is a kid who dates 19 girls, all named Katherine. Once again I am disappointed and I can officially say that John Green is a very hit or miss author.įirst, there’s the main character. Sure, I get a little farther but that doesn’t do me much good. But still I cannot get myself through this book. Now I know it’s not going to be as good as his first or his last book so I’m prepared. So I decided to set the book down and try again later.įast forward to now and I pick this one up again. Having already read and loved LOOKING FOR ALASKA and THE FAULT IN OUR STARS I picked up AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES hoping for something in the same quality vein. With the release of TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN coming up I figured it was time to finally get these last two books out of the way. Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun-but no Katherines. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped.

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. Katherine V thought boys were grossKatherine X just wanted to be friendsKatherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mailK-19 broke his heart

An abundance of katherines by john green 5novels