When it comes to girls, every guy has a type. Colin's type is girls named Katherine. He's been dated by - and dumped by - nineteen Katherines. When Katherine XIX breaks his heart, Colin's best friend Hassan decides he needs a break. He needs a break from the pressures of being a child prodigy and more importantly he needs a break from Katherines and something to distract him. After a spontaneous roadtrip, the two end up spending a crazy summer in the nowheresville of Gutshot, TN.
Meanwhile, Colin is working on his great project: a theorem for love. Surely, if he can only find the right combination of variables, he can graph every relationship mathematically...
Entertainment: ★★★★★
I finished it in 3 hours... and I loved it. End of story.
Plot: ★★★★★
It was wacky, fun, original, and okay, weird. But in an amazing way. It grabbed me and didn't let go until I finished the book, and even then left me wanting more.
Characters: ★★★★
I thought Colin was kind of an obnoxious prat. That said, I loved Hassan and Lindsey and the various Katherines, as well as the side characters like TOC. They were all bizarre but cool, clever, and realistic.
Writing: ★★★★
It was kind of weird to have the occasional graph mixed in with the writing, especially since I only skimmed the formula and so I didn't completely understand the diagrams. However, Green's actual writing was amazing. It's light-hearted and funny and just a little satirical at times, but still manages to be realistically serious about the important stuff. I enjoy reading his work very much.
End Result: five stars. A really excellent book. Read it.
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