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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.

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.

** From the New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Looking for Alaska, John Green.
** John has a huge online presence through his 1.1 million Twitter followers and YouTube channel Vlogbrothers, which has been viewed over 200 million times and has 660,000 subscribers, making it one of the most successful online channels in history.

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I completely lost myself in this tale, the story of Colin. Each of the characters are well developed and 3 dimensional and the story is well written. In my opinion this is the best of John Green's novels, though I am yet to read Looking For Alaska. In short, I'd highly recommend if you're willing to put invest some extra headspace into understanding Colin's psyche.

Fantastic story of self-discovery

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would not recommend this to all friends, the story is quite dryly told. My other physicist friends may well appreciate it and any other people who enjoy irony. Not for those who are uninterested in random facts.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I enjoyed the ending, although it felt a little predictable.

What does Jeff Woodman bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I enjoyed his tones of voice, it was very clear who he was being at every moment.

Could you see An Abundance of Katherines being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

No, not really. The stars wouldn't be people I have heard of...

The performance kept me going...

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cleverly written with lots of subtle morality one-liners. compelling story without too much action or drama!

insightful

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Don't buy this for the amazing plot or any great reveals but this is a great book with three main characters - Colin, Hassan and Lindsay - who you'll really enjoy spending time withah. Throughout, Colin is trying to create a unified theory of dating, he's a former child prodigy trying to work out why he keeps getting dumped and a young man who really wannats to grow up and 'matter' to the world. But who is this intriguing Lindsay? Hmmm? An attractive and deep personality yet she's a young woman who won't move away from the very small town she's grown up in, why's that then? She's kinda cute and Colin's pal Hassan is generous and funny. You'll want to spend time with these people. Listen to it,it's well narrated too.

Enjoyed the characters

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An unusual and interesting story. It was not as strong as A Fault in Our Stars, but was still enjoyable. I love the name Katherine, but personally I enjoy all the different spellings, variants, and nicknames. It made me think of Michael in Judy Blume's Forever, asking what he was supposed to do with a necklace that said "Katherine", after being dumped. I guess the answer must be to find another Katherine, and not a Catherine, Katharine, Kathryn, etc.

Entertaining story

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