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A review by jojobrown
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
3.0
This won't be as in-depth as some of my others because I am not in a place where I can really do that, however I do want to get it out there so I can comment on it while it's still fresh in my head.
For starters, I was able to finish this book in one day. Nay, 5 hours. It was a long plane ride and I picked a good story to keep me busy.
I almost gave this book a 2 just because it wasn't my favorite of his, but I just couldn't because no matter what, I still enjoyed it enough to finish it in 5 hours.
Not only that, but I just really admire how much thought John Green puts into his characters. That's the whole reason why even his lesser books still work for me: because the characters are still so good. Colin, a child prodigy, a wannabe genius with an Arabic best friend who is pudgey and hilarious and just the way they talk is great. The dialogue is so real and the characters are so believable and real people.
The only thing that maybe held me back is that there were a few pretty flat secondary characters I would have liked to see more of, and I couldn't really get a good vision of what the main characters looked like to me in my head until the end. But I guess that's probably more my fault, because I don't always like when an author tells me exactly what they look like if that's not what I envisioned.
Still would recommend people read it because it's a funny, unique concept with interesting characters, but would definitely recommend other John Green books first!
For starters, I was able to finish this book in one day. Nay, 5 hours. It was a long plane ride and I picked a good story to keep me busy.
I almost gave this book a 2 just because it wasn't my favorite of his, but I just couldn't because no matter what, I still enjoyed it enough to finish it in 5 hours.
Not only that, but I just really admire how much thought John Green puts into his characters. That's the whole reason why even his lesser books still work for me: because the characters are still so good. Colin, a child prodigy, a wannabe genius with an Arabic best friend who is pudgey and hilarious and just the way they talk is great. The dialogue is so real and the characters are so believable and real people.
The only thing that maybe held me back is that there were a few pretty flat secondary characters I would have liked to see more of, and I couldn't really get a good vision of what the main characters looked like to me in my head until the end. But I guess that's probably more my fault, because I don't always like when an author tells me exactly what they look like if that's not what I envisioned.
Still would recommend people read it because it's a funny, unique concept with interesting characters, but would definitely recommend other John Green books first!