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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
* 2.5 *
definitely john green’s worst book, but i still had fun with it. when you don’t think about it too critically it’s enjoyable. still SUPER misogynistic though. it shows how much john green has matured as an author. but yeah, it was fine overall and i’m glad that mr. green doesn’t hate women anymore
definitely john green’s worst book, but i still had fun with it. when you don’t think about it too critically it’s enjoyable. still SUPER misogynistic though. it shows how much john green has matured as an author. but yeah, it was fine overall and i’m glad that mr. green doesn’t hate women anymore
I loved this book. I actually really liked the writing style. Anything John Green writes is amazing, including this book. I swear, he could rewrite the phone book and I would still love it. Anyways, I loved it. I really felt… Connected to Colin. IT WAS GREAT.
Even though I'm terrible at maths (as the author) I do love the book and how it relates logic with love. It's fantastic and lovely seeing Colin discovering step by step the true meaning of his theorem. ¡Eureka!
This was the worst book ever I've ever read by John Green. I think that the main character Colin Singleton is complaining too much, and is pretty self-entered. I know he admits it at one point, but still I can't help but feel annoyed about him.
funny
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
An abundance of Katherine’s is a book I started in high school, and might’ve been better finished in high school, but was still *almost* as relatable post-college.
It’s about being a child prodigy, selfish, needing to be famous, wanting to be a genius, but ends up being of course, about why none of that matters at all.
It tells a great story about why stories are actually what change people forever, and how telling a story can make you matter. Even if just a little bit.
I like that in the end, he was extraordinary okay with being like everybody else.
It’s about being a child prodigy, selfish, needing to be famous, wanting to be a genius, but ends up being of course, about why none of that matters at all.
It tells a great story about why stories are actually what change people forever, and how telling a story can make you matter. Even if just a little bit.
It's amazing how now the only John Green book I'm missing is Looking for Alaska.
I like a lot his books, as I may have mentioned before.
In this case, it was the fact that Colin was a former child prodigy that made him likable (at least to me). And oh, you may ask. How does one get to be 'a former child prodigy'? By growing up, because most child prodigies do not grow up to be adult geniuses.
Which may strike a little bit close to home.
Anyway, the anagrams within the book were superb, and now I kinda want to try my hand at them. The mathematical formulas, however, I couldn't understand them at all, but that may be because me and math simply do not get along. Not at all.
Now, even as I have mentioned how I could relate to Colin Singleton in the intelligence aspect, I certainly... well, it's a bit obsessive how he dated nineteen Katherines in the course of his life at the point the book begins
But I guess it could happen. Certainly I wouldn't go chasing the same name all of my life.
It began with a promising premise (I'm not really good at anagrams, but am agreeably apt at alliteration), what's with the roadtrip (As seen in my Paper Towns review, I crave a roadtrip), but Colin and his friend Hassan (Who is also a wonderful character, one of those sidekicks who take the stage for them. Think kind of Tiny Cooper) quickly stay in a little in-the-middle-of-nothing town.
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand deserves a honorable mention.
I like a lot his books, as I may have mentioned before.
In this case, it was the fact that Colin was a former child prodigy that made him likable (at least to me). And oh, you may ask. How does one get to be 'a former child prodigy'? By growing up, because most child prodigies do not grow up to be adult geniuses.
Which may strike a little bit close to home.
Anyway, the anagrams within the book were superb, and now I kinda want to try my hand at them. The mathematical formulas, however, I couldn't understand them at all, but that may be because me and math simply do not get along. Not at all.
Now, even as I have mentioned how I could relate to Colin Singleton in the intelligence aspect, I certainly... well, it's a bit obsessive how he dated nineteen Katherines in the course of his life at the point the book begins
Spoiler
actually, he only dates eighteen of them.Spoiler
But I guess it could happen. Certainly I wouldn't go chasing the same name all of my life.
It began with a promising premise (I'm not really good at anagrams, but am agreeably apt at alliteration), what's with the roadtrip (As seen in my Paper Towns review, I crave a roadtrip), but Colin and his friend Hassan (Who is also a wonderful character, one of those sidekicks who take the stage for them. Think kind of Tiny Cooper) quickly stay in a little in-the-middle-of-nothing town.
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand deserves a honorable mention.
i literally forgot everything but the fact i read it. time to reread!
★★★★ // extremely hilarious and almost—almost—my favorite John Green book.