An Abundance of Katherines

Katherine 1-19

Tautröpfchen am 19.10.2014
Bewertungsnummer: 858504
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)

Mit Colin hat der Autor einen wirklich tollen Protagonisten geschaffen. Ein Wunderkind, das an der Schwelle zum Erwachsenwerden Angst davor hat, in Vergessenheit zu geraten und nebenbei auch noch mit einem gebrochenen Herzen da sitzt. Colins Spleens und Eigenarten finde ich wunderbar erfrischend. Auch die anderen Figuren wie Hassan und Lindsey sind großartig getroffen. Das ganze Buch ist von einer Vielzahl an Fußnoten durchzogen, was den Lesefluss aber nichts stört. Viel mehr tragen sie zum Charme des Buches bei. Die Storyline kommt ohne größere Dramen aus. Anders als die momentan so beliebten Bücher mit den alternativen Realitäten und Horrorzukunftsvisionen, kommt dieses Buch mit der Welt aus, die wir kennen. Auch wenn ich hiermit keineswegs andeuten will, dass das Buch langweilig ist. Mir hat „An Abundance of Katherines“ sehr gefallen. Punkt.

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AlineCharly aus Rheinland-Pfalz am 02.10.2023
Bewertungsnummer: 2823049
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)

When we are talking about girls, Colin has only one type that he likes. Girls named Katherine. But he does not seem to be very successful with that, because each time he’s the one who gets dumped. So far there were 19 girls named Katherine who dumped him. To get over his broken heart he goes on a road trip with his best fried Hassan. Now he’s also on a mission to write a theorem that predicts how likely someone will dump someone. This is supposed to help predict any relationship and finally win him the girl. As a math geek myself I really liked the idea of a guy trying to find a theorem to predict relationships. Never would I have thought that the guy doing so is this annoying. Colin Singleton must be the most whiny person you can find. He knows that he is annoying and whiny but that does not make it any better. His best friend Hassan was only a small improvement. Supposedly he is the funny guy but most of his jokes were just truly bad. I mean he had his fun moments but there could definitely have been more of them. The plot itself was just plain boring. Nothing really exciting happened and I could not really see the characters evolve in any way. However I did enjoy some of the „useless knowledge“ that Colin provided and I also did like the theorem that he created. The rest was just not for me and so I can’t really recommend this book to anyone who’s looking for an enjoyable YA story.