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I wish I had read this before I read Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns, both of which are literary masterpieces compared to this, my least favorite John Green book and one of my least favorite popular YA novels. The language is too cutesy, the characters aren't believable, the ending is predictable from early on, and I could not buy into the premise of Nineteen Katherines from the start, which is why it took me two weeks to slog through this short book.
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May 19, 2011
Nina
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it was amazing
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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
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To me the most interesting part of this book was the math therom Colin worked on to explain relationships. I had a hard time staying interested in the book and kept on reading to see if it would get better. The friendship between Colin and Hassam was well-written.
While I found the abundance of math present in this book overwhelming I enjoyed the story. I thought it was funny whenever Colin was in a stressful situation and he'd start annagramming.
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Mar 01, 2013
Celeste
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really liked it
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The message of the book came on a little heavy at the end, but over all I enjoyed reading it.
