An Abundance of Katherines

ByJohn Green

Release Date: 2006-09-21
Genre: Humor for Young Adults

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 670 Ratings

Description

From the #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars

Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist

Katherine V thought boys were gross
Katherine X just wanted to be friends
Katherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mail
K-19 broke his heart
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact.

On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun--but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.
Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself.

Reviews

good but disappointing
3
By kathryn (what a coincidence😂)
it was a good book...but i feel like it was missing something. after reading Looking For Alaska (which i absolutely fell in love with), i had really high expectations for an abundance of katherines.
i like the plot and the concept but the ending could have been better written and i wasn’t super engrossed in the book.

i did really like the characters (hassan and lindsay mainly) and the footnotes were cool and original. the book was really funny but slightly anticlimactic. i don’t regret reading it though.

i do recommend y’all to read it, but don’t set TOO high expectations. 7.5/10
Loved this book but not as well written
4
By Bella lynae
I love John Green’s books and have read most of them and they are all incredibly well written but this one felt like it was missing a little piece of the story not in the way of leaving out details (because John Green does leave out details for us to fill in with our imaginations and I love that about his books) but more towards the way the story was portrayed I would like it a lot more if it was in Colin’s point of view or Lindsey or Hassan or maybe even Hollis or TOC’s point of view.

The difference between this book in and the rest of John Green’s books is that it has an ending and it ends happy it doesn’t just stop at a sad point and let us imagine the rest (like most of his books do) it stops at a happy point (and let’s us imagine the rest) we can end it the way we want, for example we could make Lindsey and Colin grow up, get married and have 3 kids one of which who has cancer but survives and is happy or we can make it so that TOC wanted Lindsey back but she did not want him back and unfortunately he somehow found out about Gutshot Textiles so blackmailed Lindsey to break up with Colin but Lindsey refused and TOC kept his promise so the whole town knew and quit making the company and town collapse.
funny and well written
4
By fg0860
another beautifully written book by JG! 👏🏻 definitely was a must read. my only thing that i wasn’t so used to that took a while to adjust to was the footnotes. other then that. incredibly written novel.
AnAbundanceOfKatherines
5
By tlambchop289
Omg this book is amazing! It has so many twists and turns, and unexpected events, and always the comic relief. It's a great book, and I'm just as obsessed with this book as I am with any other John Green book. AMAZINGGG
AMAZING
5
By my name is actually katherine
this was the best book i have ever read, i finished reading this and immediately restarted the book. I will always love john green, and the book he has created.
Great Book!
5
By Abby💎
Yet again John Green has written one of my favorite books! I recommend this to anyone!
Disappointment
1
By Cades808
This book was the worst that I have read from John Green. It was very childishly written, it was nearly pointless. I kept reading it hoping that the book was finally going to get good, but it never did.
For the most part, GREAT!
4
By Cocopuffnixon
This book was slow in the beginning but picked up. The plot was predictable for the most part. However I finished this book in two nights so it keeps you reading. Like I said for the most part it's great and I would recommend it.
I LOVE THIS BOOK
5
By Sp1022red
This is one of the best books I have ever read. I love to read, but it usually takes me a while to finish a book, but John Green had me hooked on and I had pounded out the book within 2 days. I would highly recommend it.
Suggest you buy!
5
By jaimelynn20
This book was my favorite behind Looking for Alaska by John Green. Every book of his has good humor and storylines. I suggest you buy this book along with others by him!