Abundance of Katherines

by John Green

I've read three of John Green's books so far and I've noticed that all his books follow the same trend. All of his characters are nerdy, witty, smart, quirky and there's always a humourous best friend.

1)Hazel, the main character in The Fault in our Stars, falls for Augustus who has a humourous best friend called Isaac. Hazel and Gus create metaphors and dissect everything in the world.
2)Miles, the main character in Looking for Alaska, learns famous last words. He has a hilarious best friend/roommate called The Colonel and falls for the mysterious and gorgeous Alaska.
3)Quentin, the main character in Paper Towns, is an intelligent and quirky main character who been in love with Margo Roth Spiegelman for years and have humourous and lewd friends/sidekicks.
4)Colin, the main character in An Abundance of Katherines, has a best friend who creates fun and humor, Hassan. Colin has dated and been dumped by nineteen girls all with the same name, Katherine.

The story itself sounds extremely illogical and silly. How can one nerdy guy get dumped by nineteen Katherines and not learn that the name Katherine spells trouble for him? But this quirk worked positively for the story and was the part that I enjoyed the most.

Unfortunately, almost everything else in the story didn't work for me. The characters have some elements to them that makes them interesting, but at the same time, they are quite bland. I was unable to connect with the characters and relate to them. Almost every single event in An Abundance of Katherines is predictable. I couldn't shake off the feeling that I had read a book like this before.

I did love the footnotes and the anagrams. It brought some much needed uniqueness to the book. And the Maths... uhm... I kind-of skimmed through it because I'm not a Maths person. To be completely honest, the Maths scared me!

This book was a let down. It didn't have the uniqueness that I wanted it to have. Maybe if this was my first John Green book, I would have enjoyed it more.