His random facts and awkward persona give the book its uniqueness and nerd power. Colin, our protagonist, is quirky, nerdy and interesting. The characters in this novel are fantastic. The theorem is really just a vehicle to show how Colin is a prodigy, and to help him reach his final conclusion that 'The future is unpredictable.'

Luckily, you don't need to understand the maths to enjoy the plot. Personally, I found the idea that love can be graphed really interesting, but it might bore some readers. This is a complicated idea that Colin comes up with, and it's basically a graph that can supposedly predict when and how two people will break up. This gives the book a friendlier tone, which is great.Ī major part of this book is The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability. He understands teenagers, particularly those who are nerdy and socially awkward. Luckily, Green is skilled enough to make it sincere. In the hands of some authors, this would become a cheesy parable. The novel carries some very important messages about fitting in and about trying to see logic in everything. On the surface, it is the tale of a prodigy on a road trip, but there is so much more than that. I couldn't help but see a deeper meaning in this story. As the scenery changes, Colin changes as a person. A road trip is perfect for Colin, as the ever-changing, exciting and foreign atmosphere is just like him. Normally, road trips just annoy me – far too clichéd.

He encounters all sorts of things on his travels, from feral satan hogs (don't ask) to scrabble. We follow Colin as he ventures into the unknown on a road trip with his best friend, Hassan. And so far, he's been dumped by 19 of them. Colin has a very specific type when it comes to the opposite sex: he only dates girls called Katherine. This book was so good that I finished it in less than a day.Īn Abundance of Katherines follows Colin Singleton, a prodigy with an obsession for anagramming. Then, I came across An Abundance of Katherines at my local library. I found it a bit of a let-down after The Fault in our Stars, and so moved on to other things.

Let's set the scene… The last John Green book I had read was Looking for Alaska, which was months and months ago.

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