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Book Review : An Abundance of Katherines
written on Thursday, 12 September 2013 @ 10:59 ✈
Title : An Abundance of Katherines
Author : John Green
Publisher : Speak
Publication Date : September 21, 2006
Description from Goodreads : 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, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.
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Colin Singleton, used to be a childhood prodigy, obsessed with anagrams, has been dumped by a bunch of girls named Katherine. Not Kate, not Kathleen, and God forbid, Catherine. But Katherine. Recently graduated from high school and being dumped by the 18th Katherine, he set out on a road trip planned by his Judge Judy-lover Muslim best friend, Hassan, to mend his broken heart.
All I can say is I like the style of this book. Though I like Looking for Alaska better, this one is also a great book by John Green. It was hilarious and at the same time slightly sentimental. There are about 20% of this book contained math equations and graph created by Colin to figure out a theorem for a perfect relationship with a Katherine. Math is not my enemy nor I am the lover of that subject, so I don't hate all the equations and stuff, I actually tried to understand it.
For the record, the not-terrorist Hassan was my favorite character in this book. What's great about John Green is that when he talks or writes about Islam or a Muslim, he's never bias. Hassan was such an amazing and funny character, despite having the same name as my dad. Things tend to be more interesting when he was around. Although, the characters other than Hassan and Colin were quite dull.
The little footnotes at the bottom of the pages what made the book really unique and fun to read. All in all, this book is worth-reading. I laughed a lot even it contained math equations and all.
"What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe that God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV."
Rate: 4.3
Labels: an abundance of katherines, book review, john green
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Book Review : An Abundance of Katherines
written on Thursday, 12 September 2013 @ 10:59 ✈
Title : An Abundance of Katherines
Author : John Green
Publisher : Speak
Publication Date : September 21, 2006
Description from Goodreads : 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, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.
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Colin Singleton, used to be a childhood prodigy, obsessed with anagrams, has been dumped by a bunch of girls named Katherine. Not Kate, not Kathleen, and God forbid, Catherine. But Katherine. Recently graduated from high school and being dumped by the 18th Katherine, he set out on a road trip planned by his Judge Judy-lover Muslim best friend, Hassan, to mend his broken heart.
All I can say is I like the style of this book. Though I like Looking for Alaska better, this one is also a great book by John Green. It was hilarious and at the same time slightly sentimental. There are about 20% of this book contained math equations and graph created by Colin to figure out a theorem for a perfect relationship with a Katherine. Math is not my enemy nor I am the lover of that subject, so I don't hate all the equations and stuff, I actually tried to understand it.
For the record, the not-terrorist Hassan was my favorite character in this book. What's great about John Green is that when he talks or writes about Islam or a Muslim, he's never bias. Hassan was such an amazing and funny character, despite having the same name as my dad. Things tend to be more interesting when he was around. Although, the characters other than Hassan and Colin were quite dull.
The little footnotes at the bottom of the pages what made the book really unique and fun to read. All in all, this book is worth-reading. I laughed a lot even it contained math equations and all.
"What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe that God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV."
Rate: 4.3
Labels: an abundance of katherines, book review, john green
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“I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.”
- Virginia Woolf
Name : Syafiqah
Age : 25
Hometown : Kajang, Selangor
Current city : Kuala Lumpur
Interests : Books, food, music, collecting memories, clever humor, arts, mysteries.
Hi! So there's nothing much going to be around here. I read a lot. I read almost everything that has print on it. Everything from flowery romance to pretentious fiction to poetry. If you came here to stalk on my activities, then you've came to the wrong place. There's a special place for that but I'm not gonna speak of it here. Here is the place where I rant about books (mostly), musics, tv shows, movies, foods, and my personal opinion about all kind of stuff which I would like to share. I don't really share in real life, especially food. But I'll make this an exception (i'll share the pictures of food). So if you don't mind reading my rambles, fair warning; you may not be able to understand a single word I'm going to say because of my overflowing emotions. But just take the chance anyways. Oh this isn't a diary, just so you know.
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