By: Ella Carney
The book, “An Abundance of Katherines” by John Green is about a child prodigy who has trouble with relationships and decides to come up with a theorem to predict the outcome of relationships.
The child prodigy, Colin Singleton, has a unique type when it comes to dating, Katherines. They have to be named Katherine with a K and not a C. They also have to go by Katherine, not Katie or Cathy or whatever other form of there is.
The book starts off with Colin coping after being dumped by his most recent Katherine, K-19. Colin and his best friend decide to go on a spontaneous summer road trip to get their minds off of things before college. The boys end up in a small town called Gutshot, Tennessee and meet a Lindsay Lee Wells and she ends up changing everything for them both.
Throughout the book Colin grows up, deals with love and heartbreak, friendship, and his beloved theorem.
I would give this book 4/5 stars. It had many different aspects to it. By that I mean a little bit of comedy, some emotional parts, and even some relatable parts to it!
I personally loved this read. The formatting was different that any other book I have read before and it was a refreshing change. John Green utilized a document footer which I found made the story easier to get an understanding of the characters. I say this because in the footer it goes into more detail which otherwise would not be said making the characters more open to the reader.
To top it all off this book has won A Michael L. Printz Honor Book award, been a New York Times bestseller, and has also been a Los Angeles Times book prize finalist!
Ella Carney
Ella ('22) is in her third year writing for the Redwood Gigantea. She is the managing and scheduling editor, looking over all of the posts that student writers produce. She also has a passion for writing. You can reach Ella by email at ella.ca7786@vusd.us
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Awesome job Ella, SO proud of you!
You’re a great writer just like your mother❤️I love you so much, Aunt Mimi
This sounds like a good read! I know there are many students out there, including myself who are always looking for a good read so I like these book reviews that you have been doing more of recently. Keep it up!