An Abundance of Katherines by John Green is based around Colin: a child prodigy and a wannabe genius, who only seems to want to date girls named Katherine. However, each Katherine he has ever dated has dumped him, or so he believes. Heartbroken by being dumped by K-19 (Katherine number 19), his best friend Hassan plans a road trip which will change Colin's whole outlook on love, relationships and life.
In this book, I really liked how Colin's first intentions for going on a road trip was for him to find his 'Eureka moment' which would prove to people that he really was a true genius. But as the story progressed he started to change and become a better person. He began to realize that the world wasn't revolved around him and he had to be there for the people who cared about him, even if it meant being stung by a swarm of hornets to protect Hassan. Finally, what I loved most was that at the end when Colin learned he didn't need a Katherine or theory to be happy. Although I thought it had a great plot, it would not be very appealing to someone who gets confused with the simplest equations in Mathematics as the novel does include a rather complicated theorem which is to show how long a relationship will last. Luckily if you really wanted you could skip them out, but to me it makes it more realistic. Overall I really enjoyed the book because it was like I was having a life lesson! Colin's theory would only reveal the past and it could not show the future, so we learn that we don't know who we will become, as the future is unpredictable and we are always changing. I would score this book an 8/10 because I know I have learned something from this book and because it was just an enjoyable book to read.

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