An Abundance of Katherines

OK so I just finished this book and I am dumbfounded.

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Maybe I should just say something. 

First of all, I find the preview at the back a little bit absurd. How can one date 19 people name Katherine? And worst get dumped by all of them???

After reading then I found out that Colin Singleton is a prodigy. He mentioned that he is not a genius. But to me that is genius ok?? *Alert!! This book involves lots of equations and complicated explanations about LOVE! He tried to come out with a theorem, to determine the relationship between him and Katherines,and dumper/dumpee relationship. LOL. And it looks like this.

TADAH!!! It's OK if you do not understand. Neither do I. And friendly reminder, this is a love story not a math book!! So do read it !! HAHA. 

This Colin Singleton wanted to prove his theorem right, and have an eureka moment. Although smart and spoke like 10++ languages, he felt that he was not special enough. He wanted to become someone who mattered.

He wanted to do something remarkable. Like Thomas Edison who invented a lightbulb. Or Einstein who came up with an equation. And proven too!!

At last, a girl named Lindsey proved his theorem wrong. This is something weird to after nineteen Katherines, one Lindsey??? But still happy ending. Thank God. Just to mention, Colin went on a road trip with his bff Hassan to Gutshot where he met Lindsey. OK no more spoiler till you read it for yourself!! 

The Fault In Our Stars

I am sure that a lot of people out there had read this book. 

The Fault In Our Stars is the first John Green book I had read because of everyone's recommendation and of course its explosive popularity.

A very touching love story.

Very different from the usual sweet, romantic and life is a bed of roses love story.

It is quite tragic and traumatic in a way to me.

Hazel and Gus met each other, fell in love but can only love within the numbered days.

"There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful." -Hazel Grace

One of my favourite quotes from the book.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

They met each other at a support group for cancer kids. It was love at first sight. Maybe? LOL. Hazel was a bit reluctant to let Augustus love her as she thought that she was a grenade, a side effect of the universe. But there's a twist of story at the end, Gus was the ill one. An honourable mention would be the book AN IMPERIAL AFFLICTION, which both of them read and later thought that it was a masterpiece. They used Gus' one and only cancer wish to meet the author of AIA, Peter Van Hountan at Amsterdam. Both Hazel and Gus wanted to know about the ending of AIA from Peter himself. Things did not went that smoothly as Peter Van Hountan hurt them with malicious comments and they failed to get to know the ending. Hazel and Gus decided to cherish their moment at Amsterdam and made the wish well spent. It was at Amsterdam Hazel got to know off Gus' terminal illness. Not long after battling with cancer, Gus lost. He was gone forever. It was sweet that in the end he asked Peter Van Hountan to write an eulogy for Hazel. Loved till the last moment.

Some parts of the story was very unexpected especially towards the end. Never did I expect that AIA was Peter Van Hountan's personal story, that Anna was her daughter.

OMG!!! So much feels!!!

“I’ll fight it. I’ll fight it for you. Don’t you worry about me, Hazel Grace. I’m okay. I’ll find a way to hang around and annoy you for a long time.”- Gus 

*Cries!!!

Full of sad and touching scene. How can people who are going to die love like that??

The movie is going to come out soon. As in June. And it will probably take ages to hit theatres in Malaysia. 

Read till the end!!! The ending came in like a wrecking ball!!!

My next book review will be about LOOKING FOR ALASKA also by John Green. Ok, I'm so hooked to his books right now! Till then.