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platypus12 's review for:
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
2.5 stars.
I really, really wanted to like this book. It was had some funny and definitely had it's moments. And despite the fact that most people who dislike this book seemed to be annoyed endlessly by Colin, I liked him. I even found I could relate to him in obscure ways. I like to try and logic on things that can't always be explained logically. I also am very goal-orientated and hard on myself.
Despite all the individual things I liked about the book, I just couldn't like the book as a whole. I found most of the characters, besides Colin dull. Hassan was pure comic relief (which I admit was amusing at times). He didn't seem to have much about him besides being fat, Muslim and lazy. TOC had no depth at all.His cheating just seemed to move the plot along, same with Katrina.
Another thing that really frustrated me was John Green's tendency to overstate the main message of the novel instead of letting the reader figuring it out. As many people have also stated, John Green seems to be lacking in orginality and his books seem to follow the formula: boy/girl is troubled, boy meets girl, boy and girl have a deep talk and fall in love and are happy.
I really, really wanted to like this book. It was had some funny and definitely had it's moments. And despite the fact that most people who dislike this book seemed to be annoyed endlessly by Colin, I liked him. I even found I could relate to him in obscure ways. I like to try and logic on things that can't always be explained logically. I also am very goal-orientated and hard on myself.
Despite all the individual things I liked about the book, I just couldn't like the book as a whole. I found most of the characters, besides Colin dull. Hassan was pure comic relief (which I admit was amusing at times). He didn't seem to have much about him besides being fat, Muslim and lazy. TOC had no depth at all.His cheating just seemed to move the plot along, same with Katrina.
Another thing that really frustrated me was John Green's tendency to overstate the main message of the novel instead of letting the reader figuring it out. As many people have also stated, John Green seems to be lacking in orginality and his books seem to follow the formula: boy/girl is troubled, boy meets girl, boy and girl have a deep talk and fall in love and are happy.