YA Fiction
"Goodreads:
Katherine V thought boys were gross
Katherine X just wanted to be friends
Katherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mail
K-19 broke his heart
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be 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. Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself."
This book was published in 2006 and it's about a boy named Colin who just graduated from high school. He is considered a child prodigy and he just so happens to have somewhat of an obsession with dating girls named Katherine. Not Catherine, not Katie, Katherine. He has dated 19 Katherine's and when he gets dumped by the very last one and his best friend makes him go on a road trip.
They end up Gutshot, Tennessee where they meet Lindsey Lee Wells and her mother, Hollis. They end up staying there and working for Hollis for the summer. Well, this leads up to many events in the book that I don't want to spoil for you. So here goes what I thought about the book:
1. I'm not a fan of Colin or Hassan. I like Hassan more, but they are both just annoying people.
2. The word "fug" or "fugging" is very annoying.
3. I don't like anagrams.
4. The entire time I was reading, I did not understand how this theorem was supposed to work. It doesn't make sense and it's stupid to try to predict a relationship.
5. Lindsey is my favorite character.
Overall, this was probably my least favorite John Green book that I have read. The characters did nothing for me and I could not connect with them either. The story line was typical and pretty uninteresting for me personally. If you liked the book, I apologize, but these are my opinions. I still love John Green! His writing is phenomenal in all of his books. He definitely has a way with words. However, I'm giving this book two stars because I didn't like it that much. It took me far too long to read and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. But, by all means, if you still want to read it...go ahead.
Let me know you're thoughts on this book and if you liked it!
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