![]() ![]() ![]() Intrigued by a sign advertising the Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s grave the boys end up in the wonderfully named town of Gutshot, Tennessee. His best friend Hassan (a Muslim with a love of something called a Monster Thickburger from Hardee’s) suggests a road trip, and the coming-of-age adventure begins. Katherine Number 19 dumps him at the very end of his high school career, leaving Colin staring down a long summer of moping and anagramming (two of the things he does best). While An Abundance is somewhat less plot-driven than The Fault in Our Stars, it is stranger, funnier, and more quietly philosophical.Īn Abundance of Katherines is the story of Colin Singleton, a 17-year-old prodigy who has had his heart broken nineteen times by nineteen different girls named Katherine. At the risk of being labelled anti-popularist I must admit that I enjoyed An Abundance of Katherines slightly more than its bestselling follow up. ![]() What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?įor my upcoming thirtieth birthday a friend bought me a pair of books by John Green: The Fault in Our Stars (possibly the most talked about young adult novel of 2014) and An Abundance of Katherines (much less discussed and Green’s worst-selling book to date). ![]()
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