An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
After winning a game show for "Smart Kids", former
child prodigy Colin Singleton (who has dated and been dumped by nineteen girls
named Katherine throughout his 18 years of life) and his best friend embark on a road
trip with Colin's game show winnings.
Although this is an award-winning book, I'm really torn
between liking it and disliking it. I really like John Green's writing style,
and the story itself is, for the most part, entertaining and well rounded. But
Colin is so whiny, and actually really annoying, especially with his
anagramming everything, and trying to predict how long a relationship will last
through a math theorem, that it's hard to get through at times.
I give this book a C+.
If you liked this book (or even if you didn't), I definitely recommend The Fault in Our Stars, also by John
Green. It is a great book.
Thanks for the review! And I'll check out The Fault in our Stars, as I don't particularly enjoy whiny characters either :)
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