An Abundance of Katherines
by: John Green
Genre: YA
Winner of the Printz Award
John Green’s An Abundance of Katherines is a book about Colin Singleton and his friend Hassan. Colin only dates women named Katherine and it must be spelled that way and must be the exact name, he’s already had 19 girlfriends with that name. After being dumped by number 19 Colin and Hassan decide to take a road trip across America in Colin’s car Devil Hearse. The story is full of humor and I find Hassan to be the most humors, especial when he refers to his thunderstick as well thunderstick. But I always thought their code word to make the other stop talking about a subject they no longer want to discuss was hilarious…dingleberrys. The story takes a bit of turn when they get to Gutshot and spend their summer there meeting some of the most interesting characters.
I must say that this was one of the funniest, laugh out loud, books I’ve read in a long time. The use of anagrams and the Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability had a little something extra to this wonderful tale. When it came to the end I was a little disappointed that the book ended, but I guess it’s a good thing when a book leaves you wanting more.
I don’t read many YA novels but this one was read because it was selected by Geena as the book we should read for our To Read or Not to Read book club. I must say that I’m really glad that I read this book and because of it I’d like to read more by Green. Our next book is Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. I’ve already started reading it and I must say I’m enjoying much more than the movie. It took me three different days to finally finish watching the movie.
Here are some others that have reviewed An Abundance of Katherines. And remember if you have reviewed this or any other book I’ve reviewed please send an email to thatsthebook@gmail.com and I’ll add your review to the list as well.
Megan over at write meg! has reviewed this book. If you recall I spoke about her just a few days ago on here when I talked about some of the new blogs I’ve found and really enjoy. Well here’s a review by her:
http://writemeg.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/book-review-an-abundance-of-katherines-by-john-green/
Lisa over at Books Lists Life did a review of this book. She didn’t seem to like it as much as I did.
http://bookslistslife.blogspot.com/2009/04/abundance-of-katherines-by-john-green.html
Mrs. Magoo Reads enjoyed this book as much as I did, for the same reasons I loved the book.
http://www.mrsmagooreads.com/2009/01/abundance-of-katherines.html
And I had to include this review because I love the name of the blog – The Book Pirate:
http://www.thebookpirate.com/2009/03/27/an-abundance-of-katherines-by-john-green/
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Looks fun! Thanks for sharing that with us!
It was much better than I thought it would be. I don’t read much YA and so was rather skeptical about this one. It’s worth checking out.
Whoohoo! I personally really enjoy Green’s books. His latest Paper Towns is also very good.
The first chapter of Paper Towns was in the back of the book. I didn’t read it but those that did thought it sounded good.
Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did! Definitely a fun, different story. If you’re eager to read more Green, check out Looking For Alaska — similar sense of humor, though a decidedly darker story. It’s young adult, but it’s anything but cheesy. Green’s writing is better than many “literary” books I’ve read!
And thanks for the link — that’s very kind of you 🙂
Thanks for the suggestion. I like dark humor so it sounds like something I’d really enjoy.
No problem, I do a google search to see who else has reviewed the book. I generally take the first three reviews to give others the chance to read differing opinions. But I did enjoy your review.
Thank you
I think that it’s great that you link to other reviews…makes it very handy!
I actually enjoy looking for other reviewers. It’s nice to have other opinions to look at. I also enjoy when other blogs do the same thing.
I didn’t really dislike it, I just like the others better. I posted my Paper Towns review today!
Fair enough, I’ve heard from a few people that Paper Towns is good. It sounds like something I really should check out. Thanks for stopping by.
I picked this up when I saw it for 3.99 (who can resist that?) but haven’t had a chance to read it yet. I’m so glad you enjoyed it!