19 Katherine's and One Lindsey

Lindsey is confused because she is not feeling sad about the breakup with TOC and she is just accepting it. Hassan, Colin and Lindsey went to Memphis to discover the reason why Hollis has been being so weird lately and going out a lot and they found out that the factory is in bankrupt but Hollis doesn't want to fire any of the people that work at the factory so she is selling land to sustain all the jobs which is very nice of her. Lindsey had mixed feeling she was happy because her mom was doing something amazing for people of Gutshot  but she was like feeling down because she was confuse with her emotions so then she went to her secret place. She lied to Hollis telling her she was going to sleep in a friends house but Colin knew were she was so he went to the secret place and they talked about how she didn't missed TOC at all and then he told her the full Katherine timeline and he felt relief after. Then they ended up together and it was amazing. Also Hassan applied for college so Colin was proud of him. The theorem was complete so Colin tried to see how his relationship with Lindsey could turn out and it said she would dump him in the 4th day of their relationship which turn out to not be true and Colin was happy because they were still together but sad because something was wrong with the formula. He had his second eureka moment by concluding by saying that the formula was not gonna be always right because future is unpredictable.

WHEN I FINISHED THE BOOK.

     "That's why those tapes we made are going toe so great one day, because they'll stories that time has swallowed up or distorted or whatever" (Green,202)

     The quote was about the tapes they record when they do jobs for Hollis, the tapes are about the people that live in Gutshot and they ended talking about this because Colin said that it doesn't matter because everyone will die and forget you and even people like Einstein will be forgotten and that time swallows every person every achievement but the last thing that will desapear are memories.

"And the moral of the story is that you don't remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened." (Green,208)

    When Colin finished his Katherine timeline he ended it with this statement which seems very interesting to me because it makes you really think a lot back of small things that maybe didn't actually really happened the way you remember but what you remember became what happened for you, I know it might be a little confusing but if you really think about it deeply it makes lots of sense.

      I finished the book and i did like like it is not one of my top 5 favourite but it was good. I really liked the last part of the book in which the author explains every part of the formula which was interesting because it is presented in notes and you feel like you are reading Colin's notes and it was a nice touch. The book ended good because i wanted Lindsey and Colin together but I was sad that the Hassan and Katrina thing didn't work out. I would recommend the book to people that really like math. One of my favourite thing about the whole book was at the end when he tells the hole Katherine timeline because he only talked about 3 Katherine's on the hole book and the other 16 weren't mention and they were just a number but when he talked about all of them we put a face to the number so it was amazing. Even though this book wasn't one of my favourites i still love John Green writing.

Pigs, Bees And A Fight

     The group went hunting after Lindsey taught Colin how to shoot properly. Hassan a Colin had an encounter with one of the pigs they were going to hunt and when it was about to attack them colin shot it but he didn't aim the pig he aim a tree that had bees and they were running for like 10 minuetes away from them but eventually the could run  away and when they were going back to the civilisation they recognise TOC and Katrina who was Hassan's new girlfriend kissing. Colin and Hassan approach them and TOC tried to explain but couldn't put an excuse so he just admitted that this has been going on for a while. Hassan immediately broke up with her. Colin was feeling bad for Lindsey when TOC told him that he shouldn't said anything to Lindsey or he will get hurt and when he was saying all these he started recording him. Then Lindsey, JATT and SOCT arrived with drinks and everything seemed good but then Colin couldn't handle it anymore and he played the recording of the confession and Lindsey just went away and TOC try to make her stay and grabbed her so she started screaming and JATT told TOC to let her go but he didn't so JATT went to kick him but TOC hit first and JATT was left on the floor but then Hass and Colin went to help but TOC hit first again and they were all down the Lindsey kicked TOC and he was on the floor. Lindsey went to help his friends and he whispered in "My Hero" to Colin.

WHEN TOC CHEATED

"Colin had to figure out what had gone wrong inside his brain, and fix it. He returned to the central question : how could he have completely forgotten dumping her?" (Green, 166)

     Colin wasn't working on the theorem that much in this part of the book but in the small time that he was we learned a gigantic thing from Colin's past that he even forgot. He had dumped K3 and he didn't remember, when he was working on the theorem it worked for 18 katherines except for K3 and so then he didn't remember how it ended so then he called her and she told him that he was the one who dumped her. This quote really makes me think that he has the mentality that he is the dumpee but maybe he is not always the dumpee like right know. He used to believe he was 100% dumpee which is not longer true.

"She's my friend. And if I were in her position, I'd expect her to tell me" (Green,174)

     The quote is from when TOC told them to keep their mouths shut or they will regret it. I like how Colin cares about Lindsey and he looks at her as a friend but I do think that part of the reason why he showed Lindsey the recording was because he is falling for her and he wanted to end their relationship although it was also because he wanted to make the right thing and the best part was that he didn't even care that TOC was going to hit him he just wanted to do the right thing.

     The book is fantastic it has every part of a John Green book that I love it has action, drama and love. It was weird at first that the book wasn't read in the point of view of the main character but now I am starting to like it. In this part of the book the theorem wasn't really talked about excepted for that one part so it makes me a little bit worried since the book is so close to an end and i just want to get a solid formula that works and that proves Colin's theory. I am excited to see what happens between Lindsey and Colin after this and if they will be together at the end or not i would absolutely love that.

The Theorem Continues

     Living on the mansion was good and their only job was going to ask people questions that Hollis wanted them to ask.Lindsey taught Colin how to tell a proper a story. He called Katherine 19th to tell her that he loves her but it didn't went well and she just said that the decision taken was good and that he shouldn't call her more and then he started crying. Then Hassan went out with TOC, Lindsey and their friends to a taco place while Colin stayed home working on the theorem and the Hassan arrived he told him very exciting news. He had kissed Katrina (Friend of TOC and Lindsey) but Colin went crazy out of nowhere so they had a big fight and they didn't talk for a day until they talked about everything and Colin was mad because Hassan called TOC Colin while telling the story but at the end both said they are sorry and were best friends again. Then Lindsey and Colin were driving and she told him that she wanted to participate on the theorem with him and he accepted and so the theory started making sense since they added more variables to the formula like age, popularity, looks etc. The next day the went to the store and TOC invited Hassan and Colin to hunt with him Lindsey and his friends on the woods and they accepted. That night Hassan had a date with Katrina so Lindsey and Colin went to dinner together and then Lindsey wanted to show Colin how to shoot because she didn't want him to look bad on the weekend.

WHEN COLIN WAS BEING MEAN AT HASSAN

 "My theorem will tell the story. Each graph with a beginning and a middle and an end"(Green, 95)

      This quote is from when Lindsey was teaching Colin how to tell his stories so the listener would be interested she said his stories didn't had a plot and and there needs to be adventure and romance things that his stories dint had. Colin responded with this because the theorem is a representation of all his relationships and so even though he isn't that good with words and stories he would explain it all with he theorem and it would had all the elements to be good story.

"You can love someone so much, he thought. But you can never love people as much as you can miss them" (Green, 105)

     The quote is just after he talked with K19 and he was totally heart broken and since the book started he can't stop talking about her. And the quote is really sad because he is clearly not over her and she obviously is so over him. The quote was important because Green enhance the fact that he is struggling to forget her.

    We finally have the theorem which is really difficult to explain because it has many parts to it like variables to fill and fractions its actually a really elaborated theorem and i like how they explain it part by part so you understand how it works and how it came to be what it is. I absolutely loved when Lindsey invited Colin to dinner and wanted him to be prepared for the weekend and I am obsessed with them as a couple but clearly he is still in love with Katherine 19th and Lindsey has TOC. I hate him but i do think it was nice of him when he invited the boys to go hunting on the woods but i am 100 percent sure something bad will happened and everything will blow up. But i really like that they finally gave me a theorem even though it isn't the final its like the start of the final one.

 

WHEN TOC INVITED THEM HUNTING.

   

     

Staying In the Pink Mansion

After Colin had the idea of the theorem Lindsey's boyfriend arrived, who strangely is also named  Colin.Hassan decided they will call Lindsey's boyfriend TOC (The Other Colin) since he said Colin was the original. Then Lindsey's mother arrived and we learned that her name is Hollis Wells and that she owns the shop were Lindsey Wells worked and a factory in town who used to make textile stuff. When Lindsey told Hollis Colin was a prodigy she was totally fascinated and invited both to dinner. When they arrived Colin thought they got lost because they were entering to a gigantic pink mansion,but it was actually the Wells mansion. After they ate Hollis offered Hassan and Colin a job, they just needed to do random tasks on the factory, the shop or just doing some work at the town. They will be payed 500$ a week and so they accepted they will be living in the mansion.

WHEN COLIN SAW THE PINK MANSION.

"Oh, it's weird. It's like the poor man's thumb sucking,isn't   it? Anyway, I only do it in private" (Green, 66)

    The quote is interesting because she was bitting the inside of her thumb but that's not it but she said she only does that in private but she was with Colin so that's not private I think Lindsey is feeling                            really good around Colin.So good that she does "private" stuff around him. I ship them.

     "Colin backed away from the door then. It occurred to him that he'd never done anything else in his whole life. Anagramming;spitting back facts he'd learned in books; memorizing ninety-nine digits of an already known number; falling in love with the same nine letters over and over again: retyping and retyping and retyping. His only hope for originality was the Theorem" (Green, 92)

     This scene is from when Colin heard Lindsey and Hassan talking about how good Colin is at some stuff that people that aren't prodigies can't do so easily. And then he realised he had been doing things that had already being done and that the only chance to do something new something that matter he just wants to be someone who made something never has ever done before and for him the only way to do that is the Theorem.

    I like how the book is going but I would like more chemistry between Lindsey and Colin. I liked how the road trip took a turn when the decided to stay I was really impressed that Colin accepted. I don't know why but i am hating TOC I just want him to disappear he is so annoying although he hasn't appear a lot i just can't stand him. The way the book is written is like related to the fact that Colin is a prodigy and the theorem and I absolutely love that there are graphs and calculations on the pages it just makes it so much interesting. I do want to see if the Theorem works but I want it to be fast like I want like 2 chapters full of the Theorem but all at once. Since its a John Green book there will obviously be a gigantic plot twist that will make things difficult but it will still be brilliant. I want to continue reading just to know how the Theorem goes like the story is funny and interesting but the big plot of the story is the Theorem.

WAITING FOR THE THEOREM.

Road Trip to Nowhere

An Abundance of Katherines is a book written by John Green about a 17 year old named Colin Singleton who lives in Chicago with his parents. Colin is a prodigy who has been dumped by 19 Katherine's in all his life. His best friend is Hassan Harbish who is tired of hearing about his friend breakup every single time. Since this was the 19th time Colin has been dumped Hassan decides they will take a road trip with no destiny to help his friend get over this breakup. Colin belief there are 2 types of people in the world Dumpee's and Dumper's and that all Katherine's are Dumpers. While they traveled they notice a sign that said that the tomb of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was there and Colin always wondered about his assassination and he wondered what his body why his body will be in America so they decide to go. There they met the tour guide who's name was Lindsey Lee Wells a 17 year old paramedic in training. While Lindsey was guiding the boys to the tomb Colin fell and hit his head and while he was in the floor he came up with a very interesting theory about relationships and a formula that he believed that could determine who will be the Dumpee and the Dumper even though the two people haven't met the formula worked .The book is written in an interesting way since there are some words that are no exactly part of the vocabulary they are words invented by the characters and beside each word there is a number and at the bottom of the page you find what it means, its not always words it can be a detailed explanation of a brief thing its mention or sometimes graphs.

DUMPEE AND DUMPER BELIEF.

"Kafir, you have a very complicated problem with a very simple solution." (Green,11)

     Kafir is the Islamic statement of faith, in transliterated Arabic: there is no God but God. And this quote is from Hassan and since he is from that religion and Colin is an atheist he sometimes refers to him as Kafir. Hassan is talking about the break up and how it is complicated but that the solution can be so simple as just getting K19 (Katherine 19) out of his mind.

"But still, the thought lurked out there, just beyond the reach of his headlights: he'd been dumped. By a girl named Katherine. For the nineteenth time"(Green,15)

     I think the quote want's to make it clear that Colin is suffering because it's the 19th time it happens  and the fact that John Green is saying this exact same thing but in different words like 4 times it means it is something we have to remember.

     So far the book is good, its still giving back story and introducing the characters more so I think thats why right now it doesn't give major plots. I think it is really interesting that this book is not written by the perspective of the main character which is odd since all of John Green's books that i have read so far are telling the story from the view of the main character. The perspective doesn't bother me but still it feels weird since i am used to other type of writing but it is still clear that it is a John Green book because of the way he tells the story in such a fascinating way that makes you feel part of the story. I am excited to see what happens next i personally think that since Colin got dumped   19 times by Katherine's the book will have another love interest for Colin but I'm not sure if her name will be Katherine or something else maybe Lindsey..... if she becomes her love interest i would be happy because so far she seems a good person and id like to see them together.

The Solution to The Labyrinth

The Colonel,Pudge and Takumi finally have a solid theory of what happened to Alaska Young and the solution of how to get out of the labyrinth. Alaska gets a phone call from Jake for their anniversary and she always draw flowers on everything and one flower she draw of the phone booth when she was talking to Jake she saw the flowers and freaked out because January 9 was the date her mother died and she forgot and her mom used to put white flowers on Alaska's her when she was a kid do desperately she searched for white flowers and she just found the ones Jake gave her 1 year ago for their anniversary, white tulips.She went to her car and Takumi saw her and try to stop her but simply couldn't. So she drove and still we don't know if it was a suicide but any solution she was gonna take it would be straight & fast. The solution of the labyrinth is: forgiveness. Alaska forgives Pudge for not stopping her because Pudge forgives Alaska when she only though of herself and her mom not thinking what will happen to other when she died and thats how the world works and every person works like that because things that come together fall apart.

WHEN I FINISHED THE BOOK.

            "And then something invisible snapped inside her, and that which had come together commenced to fall apart" (Green,196)
     So the quote is like explaining in a philosophical way what happened inside Alaska at those moments of with all the confusion of the anniversary the kiss the flower and all. It is similar to a quote in Paper Towns: all the strings inside him broke, both quotes talk about dead people that count take it anymore and what was hold together began to collapsed.

          "And theres' no sugar coating it: She deserved better friends" (Green,219)
     All her friends are convinced they disappointed her and that she deserved better than them, friends that would have stopped her that night and don't helped her make things easier for her to destroy her  life. But at the same time they realise she forgive them for that and they forgive her for being so selfish.

So I finished the book it is defenetly in my top 5 favourite books i couldn't put it down at first i was kind of bored but then it was so interesting it was sad that Alaska died but it was also the perfect thing it was so great. I loved how much we see they feeling of the other friends after her dead are so real so pure.I forgot to mention but the book tell the story counting the days so the book is divided before and after her dead and is says like one hundred twenty six days before and it counts down and then is like 2 days after is so amazing because you see a year on process. I though there were parts of the book that were so meaningful and deep that i was impressed i absolutely love John Green's writing. I fall in love with the characters an the message so much.

THIS IS ALASKA'S FLOWER.

Gone

The day after Alaska left The Eagle came to each room and made them all go to the gym. At the gym The Eagle sobbing gave the news, Alaska Young had died in a car crash. Pudge and The Colonel were just so sad they both had terrible reactions. The Colonel screamed and Pudge puked and refuses to believe she is dead. He just keeps thinking about the kiss and how she promised it to be continued. At the first part of the book there was a specific last words that Alaska wanted to ask Pudge what they meant which were How will i ever get out of this labyrinth and when cleaning her room Pudge found the book in which it the words were written. Alaska once dropped in in a puddle of water long before so most pages were spoiled and the page with the words was no exception but at the margin there was something written recently: Straight & Fast. They started to think the worst ,Alaska committed suicide. Alaska has crashed into a parked police car so The Colonel and Pudge went to talk to the police officer owner of the car and he said she didn't even turned she just went straight into the car, the death was fast since the steering wheel hit her chest and when they asked him what unusual thing they found at they car he said just some white tulips.

                                         WHEN THE EAGLE SAID ALASKA DIED.

                            "And she was killed.Alaska has passed away" (Green,139)
    This quote is said by the eagle at the gym giving the announcement it was such a shock at i at first thought it was just a misunderstanding when i started reading the paragraph and then i just wished it wasn't true but sadly it was and no one expected that.

                     "I know so many last words.But I will never know hers" (Green,142)
    Pudge loved her so much and i was so sad when he couldn't believe it and tried to find a explanation. In the quote he is like saying i know so many last words that don't even after to me but the last words of the person i love the most i don't know. He has no chance of knowing because the cop said it was instant dead she didn't said a word when he approach the car she was already dead.

Alaska died and it was the biggest plot twist of history for me i would NEVER expected that i though she was going to be expelled at first when the eagle called them but when he said those words i was just like wait what?!. I don't know how i feel about it but i think it gave a good twist to the book i think i like it. I am not sure how Pudge and Lara are going to continue the relationship or if they will even continue it and it he will tel her about the kiss and how she said it will be continued i really hope they don't continued together. The Colonel and Pudge fill extremely guilty and don't know if they are going to tell someone. They will be calling Jake soon so I want to see how that works out and what happens with Lara.