An Abundance of Katherines
Posted by bookwarrior on February 7, 2008
If you’d told me 5 years ago that I’d be reading a YA book that included graphs, footnotes, mathematical equations, and anagrams galore, AND that I’d LOVE it, I’d have understandably said…well that’s crazy talk. Nonetheless, here I am, telling you I love An Abundance of Katherines by John Greene, of Brotherhood 2.0 and Nerdfighter fame.
If you like your characters funny and smart, you’re gonna love this cast of misfit characters. Colin Singleton is a former childhood prodigy already washed up at the age of 17, who has been dumped by 19 girls named Katherine. His math genius buddy Hassan (who refuses to go to college–he’d rather watch Judge Judy) takes Colin on a roadtrip to get over his latest dumping. They find their way to Gutshot, Tennessee where the (not-Katherine) Lindsay helps Colin sort out his life…and he hers. The book asks all sorts of interesting questions about life, love, and what really matters…and lets you laugh along the way.
