El teorema Katherine in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Dec 08, 2013 Erin rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013

Had I been reading this on paper instead of my computer, it probably would have gone into the fireplace here: "She was incredibly hot--in that popular-girl-with-bleached-teeth-and-anorexia kind of way, which was Colin's least favorite way of being hot." And if somehow it had survived that initial immolation, I definitely would have shredded it for birdcage fodder (and I don't even own a bird!) here: "She looked prettier than she ever had before--Colin always preferred girls without makeup."

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Aug 10, 2007 Annie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: realistic-young-adult-fiction, chick-lit, coming-of-age

I love geeky/nerdy characters and this book has both a geeky protagonist and his smart/fat sidekick. The fact that John Green is arguably bad at math (he says so himself both in this book and on his video blog) but he can still hinge major plot points around devising a complicated mathematical theorem just makes me love him more as an author. I liked the surprises and even some of the non-surprises that just come along with the territory of the "two boys go on a roadtrip and meet interesting peo ...more

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May 19, 2011 Nina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: returned-to-library-unread, ya

I loved this book! It was funny, well-written, the plot moved, and the characters were so vivid. I also, coincidentally, enjoy that the setting becomes Gutshot, Tennessee, which isn't all that far away. I love that the main character is an anagramming geek obsessed with girls named Katherine that keep on dumping him--all nineteen of them. I love that he speaks a bazillion languages and knows everything about Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The thrust of the plot: a heartbroken, nerdy boy who just grad ...more

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Aug 18, 2008 Talia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-fiction

Colin is an 18 year old child prodigy with a thing for anagrams, memorizing trivia, and girls named Katherine. Unfortunately, Katherines tend to not like Colin so much, as he's been dumped by 19 Katherines, the last one damaging his heart. So Colin and his friend Hassan take a pre-college road trip and end up in Gutshot, TN where they befriend a young girl (not named Katherine!). Colin spends his summer trying to come up with a mathematical equation explaining the relationship between him and Ka ...more

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Aug 14, 2011 jenn rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011

Cute, entertaining writing, but I couldn't always get into the plot situations because I didn't believe most of them. ...more

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May 18, 2010 Renata rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya

A lot of fun. I love books about nerds and roadtrips. And this is about nerds on a roadtrips, so, A+. Great characters, mildly cliche self-realization but that's what YA lit is for, right? ...more

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Feb 01, 2008 Jessica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-and-kids

I really liked this book, although it felt a bit gimmicky with all its math, and with the conceit that a nerdy, socially disfunctional boy would have dated nineteen(?!) girls all named Katherine by the time he graduated high school. That aside, though, Green is an excellent writer, and I highly recommend both this and Looking for Alaska if you enjoy reading YA fiction at all. ...more

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Aug 31, 2008 Leslie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: youngadult

Hilarious! I loved being on the road trip with Colin and Hassan, sharing in their inside jokes, and discovering the realities of life and relationships. The footnotes are the icing. ...more

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