Synopsis:When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. He's also a washedup child prodigy with ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a passion for anagrams, and an overweight, Judge Judy-obsessed best friend. Colin's on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which will predict the future of all relationships, transform him from a fading prodigy into a true genius, and finally win him the girl.Letting expectations go and allowing love in are at the heart of Colin's hilarious quest to find his missing piece and avenge dumpees everywhere.
My Review:
While this was not my favorite John Green book, it was still an entertaining read. I was really fascinated by all the footnotes which had some cool facts and trivia that I did not know which made the story both enjoyable and educational. Now I will say there was not a huge amount of math in the story but there was enough to make me cringe. To be fair I have never liked or been good at math so reading those small portions of the book was a struggle for me and took the wind out of my sails. But it was a tool with which to fuel the story and was delivered in a very clever, witty, yet accurate way (Green hired an honest to goodness math genius to create and calculate a formula about relationships). With that said I am in awe of the level or first-rate storytelling and mathematical rigor that was juxtaposed to create a tale that teaches us what it means to really matter to both ourselves and others. I am always so amazed at how John Green can make statements that are both hilarious and profound. I will continue to read his stories as long as he writes them.
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