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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
So this was definitely Green's weakest book (at least, in my memory) - most of my enjoyment came from being interested in the theorem and if it could work in real life.
The protagonist is super annoying, and I don't think the third person voice makes him any more sympathetic. The plot is pretty basic and while there are some interesting quotes, the themes don't make up for the effort it takes to get through the book. It's all pretty predictable and it's difficult to like it when you hate most of what's going on so much.
I really think when I was younger I liked this just because it was written by Green, but now I'm completely fine passing on it.
The protagonist is super annoying, and I don't think the third person voice makes him any more sympathetic. The plot is pretty basic and while there are some interesting quotes, the themes don't make up for the effort it takes to get through the book. It's all pretty predictable and it's difficult to like it when you hate most of what's going on so much.
I really think when I was younger I liked this just because it was written by Green, but now I'm completely fine passing on it.
Overall, I thought this was a really good book. It was funny and I enjoyed the relationship between the two best friends of the book, Colin and Hasaan. At times I felt Colin was annoying, but I guess we can't always have super-likeable main characters, huh?
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Rating: It started out as four stars, but probably nearer to 4.85. So rounded off, FIVE STARS!!! (I hate rating books - sometimes things get five stars for different reasons) So yeah, five stars.
I think its known by now that John Green is officially one of my favorite authors. I just love his everything - his humor, his way of writing, HIS STORIES - the list would go on if I knew how to enunciate it properly.
I started off by liking AAOK and ended up loving it to pieces. I alo think I definitely needed a funny book after all of my depressing love stories. It is about an ex-child prodigy fellow named Colin who has exclusively dated (and been dumped by) a total of nineteen Katherines. Not Catherines. Katherines. After being dumped by Katherine XIX, he strives to become something greater than a prodigy in order to win her heart again. His best friend Hassan (more on him later - he is AWESOME) forces him to go on a road trip, during which he works on the Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, meets new people (including a girl), and tries to get over his broken heart.
There. I probably will never have a career writing book synopses.
WARNING: The next paragraph was written as the thoughts came to me. Anyway, as I said before, AAOK is hilarious and awesomely written. I did like some of his other books a bit more, but with this I loved all of the beginnings and middles and ends. I loved the way I (personally) was able to relate to Colin - don’t we all want to matter? In other ways for me as well, but that in particular. Ummm, I loved how even though it was funny, it managed to be really sweet or thoughtful-ish. Wow. Writing reviews without spoliers is hard. And finally, I LOVE HASSAN. I need a Hassan as a best friend. Mr. Green did say something about being able to maybe (possibly) write a book about him one day. If he does, I will certainly pre-order it.
So, hopefully now you want to go out and buy this book and read it. You should. If you do, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
And I really should learn how to write better reviews.
I think its known by now that John Green is officially one of my favorite authors. I just love his everything - his humor, his way of writing, HIS STORIES - the list would go on if I knew how to enunciate it properly.
I started off by liking AAOK and ended up loving it to pieces. I alo think I definitely needed a funny book after all of my depressing love stories. It is about an ex-child prodigy fellow named Colin who has exclusively dated (and been dumped by) a total of nineteen Katherines. Not Catherines. Katherines. After being dumped by Katherine XIX, he strives to become something greater than a prodigy in order to win her heart again. His best friend Hassan (more on him later - he is AWESOME) forces him to go on a road trip, during which he works on the Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, meets new people (including a girl), and tries to get over his broken heart.
There. I probably will never have a career writing book synopses.
WARNING: The next paragraph was written as the thoughts came to me. Anyway, as I said before, AAOK is hilarious and awesomely written. I did like some of his other books a bit more, but with this I loved all of the beginnings and middles and ends. I loved the way I (personally) was able to relate to Colin - don’t we all want to matter? In other ways for me as well, but that in particular. Ummm, I loved how even though it was funny, it managed to be really sweet or thoughtful-ish. Wow. Writing reviews without spoliers is hard. And finally, I LOVE HASSAN. I need a Hassan as a best friend. Mr. Green did say something about being able to maybe (possibly) write a book about him one day. If he does, I will certainly pre-order it.
So, hopefully now you want to go out and buy this book and read it. You should. If you do, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
And I really should learn how to write better reviews.
I listened to this book and I think the reader was really good and clearly distinguishing the different characters. I quite liked it, I read it when I was young and felt very different and remember really disliking it but it’s not nearly as bad as I thought!
I really liked this book. It was suggested to me by my librarian, and she said she enjoyed it. At first, I thought it was hard to get into, but as the story developed, I couldn't put it down. The only part I had to skip was all the math. I'm not a math person and so I didn't understand it one bit. I also had to skim some of the long, boring paragraphs that made no difference. I thought it was a good story, and I'm going to read another John Green book right away!
I might actually give this a 4.5 stars, I'm not entirely certain. This has to be my least favorite john green book, and it was tad bit disappointing for the oh-so-high-expectations of his novels. I'm not going to lie, I was not the biggest fan of Colin. He was arrogant and clingy, and it was only when he admitted himself that he was a "self-absorbed loser" that he started to grow on me. And of course he did, he was a homie by the end of the novel despite his flaws (which overall I guess made him a more realistic and relatable character) and I was a fan of his by the ending. The plot was a bit dull, and extremely predictable, but of course it was full of many jem-john-green-quotes and was enjoyable nonetheless. I have yet to read a john green book I did not enjoy, and I doubt I ever will.
The first time I tried to read this book I just couldn't get into it so I put it down, and that was a while ago. This was PRE-TFIOS and I was a little annoyed with Green and his repetitive characters and AAOK was just not doing it for me. But I decided to pick it up because it has been a while since I read John Green and of course Colin was like the other male protagonist I've read in Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns, but that didn't bother me as much this time around because enough time has passed for me now not to be so familiar with his writing.
As for the story it was interesting at times and there was some characters that I really liked, like of course Hassan. Then the whole theorem that Colin was working on was a bit confusing and boring to read but I'm just being basis on that because I really HATE math. Colin as the male lead was annoying and frustrating at times but then there was those movements where I really liked him and forgave his self center personality because he didn't really notice it.
Remember readers three stars on Goodreads means that I liked the book. I didn't LOVE IT like his other works but I'm glad I finally got through it because it was an enjoyable read.
As for the story it was interesting at times and there was some characters that I really liked, like of course Hassan. Then the whole theorem that Colin was working on was a bit confusing and boring to read but I'm just being basis on that because I really HATE math. Colin as the male lead was annoying and frustrating at times but then there was those movements where I really liked him and forgave his self center personality because he didn't really notice it.
Remember readers three stars on Goodreads means that I liked the book. I didn't LOVE IT like his other works but I'm glad I finally got through it because it was an enjoyable read.
An Abundance of Katherines fits into the type of books John Green writes: there's a holiday/road trip and there's a guy who falls for a much cooler girl. The plot is sort of predictable, when reading the book you soon realize that Colin will get over Katherine XIX, one way or another, and that this road trip and the help of his friends will be crucial in this queste. The Theorem was very original and an interesting theory, and the appendix with the explanation made it more than just a thing from the novel, but also something to think about after reading. Nevertheless, An Abundance of Katherines did not appeal to me as much as the other books did.
The language is easy to read, and most of the novel consists of dialogue. The footnotes that Green uses are informative and funny, but sometimes a bit too much. After a while it is clear that Colin is a prodigy who can speak multiple languages and I found it distracting that every other sentence, he had to show it by using a foreign word. The anagrams on the other hand were a succes. They really add to the story, especially when Colin tries to anagram the names of the Katherine's he dated. This is a playful way of using the language.
Colin's character is not a very appealing one: growing up without friends as a child prodigy, he became very socially awkward. This is the part I can still get over, but he can be very self-absorbed to the point where he does not recognize the value of his friends. This does not make him a very likeable character. Hassan, on the other hand, is a very likeable character. He is funny and uses his wit to cover up his negative traits.
Although the novel has a predictable plot, it was very entertaining. Especially the style of the novel made it an amusing read.
The language is easy to read, and most of the novel consists of dialogue. The footnotes that Green uses are informative and funny, but sometimes a bit too much. After a while it is clear that Colin is a prodigy who can speak multiple languages and I found it distracting that every other sentence, he had to show it by using a foreign word. The anagrams on the other hand were a succes. They really add to the story, especially when Colin tries to anagram the names of the Katherine's he dated. This is a playful way of using the language.
Colin's character is not a very appealing one: growing up without friends as a child prodigy, he became very socially awkward. This is the part I can still get over, but he can be very self-absorbed to the point where he does not recognize the value of his friends. This does not make him a very likeable character. Hassan, on the other hand, is a very likeable character. He is funny and uses his wit to cover up his negative traits.
Although the novel has a predictable plot, it was very entertaining. Especially the style of the novel made it an amusing read.