When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is 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 and avenge Dumpees everywhere, and may finally win him the girl.
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Review:
I started going through the books I still needed to review, and I realized that An Abundance of Katherines was still pending on my blog. Honestly, I didn’t even remember that I had read it. I borrowed it through Libby and, although I finished it in one sitting, I would consider it one of my worst reads of the year.
I read this title because it was still on my Goodreads “want to read” list. A list I created back in 2014 and, as you can imagine, my tastes have changed a lot since then. Back then, I was fascinated by The Fault in Our Stars. As a result, I was interested in reading most of Green’s books. And now that I think about it, it’s not so much that my tastes have changed—I think the only title I’ve really enjoyed so far is The Fault in Our Stars. All the others haven’t become favorites, but An Abundance of Katherines is by far the one I liked the least.
It all starts with the story of Colin: a child prodigy who has only ever dated girls named Katherine. He’s been dumped nineteen times. The protagonist develops a mathematical theorem about the probability of being dumped while going on a road trip with his best friend, during which he meets a new friend and gets his first job.
I have to say that I found the main character very annoying. And not just the main character—his best friend too, with whom he had conversations that were hard to follow, full of “made-up” jokes. The story itself isn’t very relevant: a guy with a broken heart because the last Katherine in his life left him, and he’s trying to find the reason within his own logic.
Another reason I didn’t like it is that Colin keeps playing the victim throughout the whole book, and his character development is painfully slow. The scenes felt somewhat drawn-out, and the jokes, as I mentioned, felt very slapstick.
This is definitely the last John Green book I’ll read. I’ve gone through most of the ones that caught my attention. Maybe I’ll reread The Fault in Our Stars to give it a second look and see if it leaves me with the same impression as the first time.
Have you ever read this book?
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