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Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.… (lisätietoja)
mad.: this his john green's first book and although it has a completely different plot and characters it has the same style as an Abundance of Katherines
BookshelfMonstrosity: Though they're not your typical love stories, there's plenty of romance in these offbeat, witty realistic stories of recent high school graduates setting off on new adventures (a road trip, college) that help them discover themselves.
An Abundance of Katherines was an interesting book by John Green - it's the perfect mix of YA and contemporary fiction in my mind. While it's not his best book (in my opinion), it's still a really intriguing read. John Green knows how to write a unique narrative and pull in the reader. Although, his books all tend to be different so you aren't guaranteed to enjoy this book if you liked his other novels. He does an excellent job at changing genres and narratives, and making different stories every time he writes a book.
Colin isn't the most likable protagonist, but that's why I liked him. He wasn't the typical YA character we fall in love with, he had his flaws. His friends were more likable, but to me it made him seem more real. We don't all love ourselves the way we should, so sometimes the protagonist should be more "realistic".
As for the plot, it's has a smooth flow and doesn't build very much. It's more of a contemporary fiction piece that follows the characters throughout. There's no major plot twists or devices that jumped out at me. Yet, this book still worked well in this context! With most authors, I would have given up with a plot like this, but somehow John kept me hooked. That takes a fair bit of talent!
The best part of this book is that it is full of epic quotes. John Green knows how to make quote worthy books that relate to teenagers and adults alike. I have found countless quotes that I can either relate to myself, my situation or my friends and family. That's one of the major things this book has going for it!
I definitely wouldn't recommend this as the first John Green book you read (unless you want to start off "weaker"). While I think it's fantastic, it's not the strongest book (in my opinion, yet again). Especially since this book is the type of novel that you either love or you hate (just look at all of the other reviews - it is split right down the middle). So, take a swing at this book once you've convinced yourself that John is truly remarkable through his other books first.
Five out of five stars - what can I say? I enjoyed it. ( )
This book is cute and quirky, with several laugh out loud parts! I wasn't expecting the silliness of this one......its definitely more casual and comical than Greens other books. The storyline is lighthearted and playful, and lacks the seriousness of his usual work.
Colin has an... somewhat asinine and unrealistic ....obsession with girls named Katherine. His relationship troubles lead them on a comical road trip where they meet ppl that end up being important to both boys. The cliff notes at the bottom of each page are a unique addition, and very entertaining.
Hassan is a blasts! Easily one of my new fave book characters!
This story is very obviously frivolous and supposed to be comedic and not taken seriously. I'm quite shocked at the critism of both the book and characters here. I think many are missing the blatant satire approach to teens Green took with this one.
Oh well, you can't please them all. My daughters and I appreciated the change of pace, and enjoyed it immensely!! ( )
An Abundance of Katherines didn't draw me in like The Fault in Our Stars, I found Colin annoying and his self-centered attitude really grated on me. I could completely understand why all the Katherines had dumped him. Indeed I found it difficult to understand why Hassam put up with him too.
Picking it up the second time I found it somewhat easier to read. Perhaps because I now knew what to expect. The second half of the book is undoubtedly the better half. There is a lot of action and some eureka moments for the main character that sit nicely with who they are both as teenager and with their place in the world.
I'm glad I went back to finish the book but giving it a rated review I'd have to look at Goodreads star rating and I think their two star - I liked it - sums it up best.
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“But the pleasure isn’t owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you.” —Philip Roth, The Human Stain
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To my wife, Sarah Urist Green, anagrammatically: Her great Russian Grin has treasure— A great risen rush. She is a rut-ranger; Anguish arrester; Sister; haranguer; Treasure-sharing, Heart-reassuring Signature Sharer Easing rare hurts.
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The morning after noted child prodigy Colin Singleton graduated from high school and got dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, he took a bath.
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Colin had always preferred baths; one of his general policies in life was never to do anything standing up that could just as easily be done lying down. —pg. 3
But mothers lie. It’s in the job description. —pg. 4
Crying adds something: crying is you, plus tears. But the feeling Colin had was some horrible opposite of crying. It was you, minus something. —pg. 7
Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out; geniuses discover that which no one has ever previously discovered. Prodigies learn; geniuses do. —pg. 10
“Hassan Harbish. Sunni Muslim. Not a terrorist.” “Lindsey Lee Wells. Methodist. Me, neither.” —pg. 32
The girl smiled again. Colin wasn’t thinking about anything but himself and K-19 and the piece of his gut he’d misplaced—but there was no denying her smile. That smile could end wars and cure cancer. —pg. 32
What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable? —pg. 33
“It’s a textile mill. These days we mostly make, uh, tampon strings.” Colin did not laugh. Instead, he thought, Tampons have strings? Why? Of all the major human mysteries —God, the nature of the universe, etc.—he knew the least about tampons. To Colin, tampons were a little bit like grizzly bears: he was aware of their existence, but he’d never seen one in the wild and didn’t really care to. —pg. 57
Colin frequently faltered when it came to the step of actual kissing. He had a theory on this subject, actually, entitled the Rejection Minimization Theorem (RMT): The act of leaning in to kiss someone, or asking to kiss them, is fraught with the possibility of rejection, so the person least likely to get rejected should do the leaning in or the asking. And that person, at least in high-school heterosexual relationships, is definitely the girl. Think about it: boys, basically, want to kiss girls. Guys want to make out. Always. Hassan aside, there’s rarely a time when a boy is thinking, “Eh, I think I’d rather not kiss a girl today.” Ergo: girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole, less likely to be rejected than guys, and (b) that way, girls will never get kissed unless they want to be kissed. —pg. 76
It rather goes without saying that Katherine drank her coffee black. Katherines do, generally. They like their coffee like they like their ex-boyfriends: bitter. —pg. 77
“I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.” —Colin Singleton, pg. 94
“I think we’re opposites, you and me,” she said finally. “Because personally I think mattering is a piss-poor idea. I just want to fly under the radar, because when you start to make yourself into a big deal, that’s when you get shot down. The bigger a deal you are, the worse your life is.” —pg. 94
“Schadenfreude,” Colin said. Finding pleasure in others’ pain. —pg. 94
The missing piece in his stomach hurt so much—and eventually he stopped thinking about the Theorem and wondered only how something that isn’t there can hurt you. —pg. 101
You can love someone so much, he thought. But you can never love people as much as you can miss them. —pg. 105
Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back. —pg. 110
“People are so damn predictable.” —Lindsey Lee Wells, pg. 121
“Son, if there’s one thing I know ... it’s that there’s some people in this world who you can just love and love and love no matter what.” —Roy Walker, pg. 126
“It’s just that I learned a while ago that the best way to get people to like you is not to like them too much.” —Lindsey Lee Wells, pg. 145
And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to. —pg. 146
“Do you want to drink it? The moonshine?” ... “… AkhhhhEchhhAhhhh. Kahhh. Ehhhhhh. Wow. Wow. Man. It’s like French-kissing a dragon.” —pg. 147
“Sorry, dude. Can’t talk about it. My lips are too numb from all the kissing. That girl kisses like she wants to suck out your soul.” —Hassan Harbish, pg. 153
“I feel like, like, how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you do. And I got so backwards, trying to make myself matter to him. All this time, there were real things to care about: real, good people who care about me, and this place. It’s so easy to get stuck. You just get caught in being something, being special or cool or whatever, to the point where you don’t even know why you need it; you just think you do.” —Lindsey Lee Wells, pg. 200
“I don’t think you can ever fill the empty space with the thing you lost.” —Colin Singleton, pg. 201
“I don’t think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing. Like Katherine. That’s what I realized: if I did get her back somehow, she wouldn’t fill the hole that losing her created.” —Colin Singleton, pg. 201
“That’s who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.” —Lindsey Lee Wells, pg. 208
She said I love you as if it were a secret, and an immense one. —pg. 5
“I’m washed up. I’m former. Formerly the boyfriend of Katherine XIX. Formerly a prodigy. Formerly full of potential. Currently full of shit.” —Colin Singleton, pg. 10
“Right, except I’m not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?”
“Hmm.”
“Well, although, someone else could lie to her. I could live with that.” —pg. 13
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And he was feeling not-unique in the very best possible way.
Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
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