This revelation started Colin and I off on the wrong foot, and I’m afraid we never got quite onto the right one. No Katies, Kates, Kathryns, Catherines, Kathys, Kats, or Katrinas will do. Sadly, this was not to be…Ĭomplaint #1: Early in the book our “hero” Colin explains that he only likes K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E-S.
Since the main character in this book had a fixation with “Katherines” I thought I’d get a little ego boost for my awesomeness of name. Sadly, I had no part in naming myself, so I couldn’t prevent this travesty. Kathryn with a “y” and Katie with an “ie”?! I know. Fun fact! Did you know “Katie” is short for “Kathryn?” I know you’re shocked. First, it was the only John Green book available from the library for my kindle. I settled on An Abundance of Katherinesfor a couple of reasons. “The laugh-out-loud humor ranges from delightfully sophomoric to subtly intellectual.Complaints and Compliments on An Abundance of Katherines by John GreenįebruKatie Words for Worms Coming of Age, Humor, Romance, Young Adult Fiction 31Ī few weeks back I wrote about how much I loved The Fault in Our Starsso I decided to pick up another John Green novel. “Funny, sweet, and unpredictable.” – The Minneapolis Star Tribune “Imagine an operating room at the start of a daring but well-rehearsed procedure and you will have something of the atmosphere of “An Abundance of Katherines”: every detail considered, the action unrolling with grace and inevitability.” - New York Times Book Review “Laugh-out-loud funny…a coming-of-age American road trip that is at once a satire of and tribute to its many celebrated predecessors.” – Horn Book, starred review "Fully fun, challengingly complex and entirely entertaining." - Kirkus, starred review 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.Ī Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year 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.
From the #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars
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