Hi, everyone! This is the last reading log. It's the same book as log 5, An Abundance of Katherines.
Book Intro
This book was written by John Green. The author has another famous book called “The Fault in Our Stars.”, which I think is more familiar to most of you. It also adapted to movie in 2014. The main character in ”An abundance of Katherines” is Colin Singleton. When it comes to relationships, Colin’s type happens to be girls named Katherine. Not Kate, Katie, or Catherine, it must be K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E. He had dated nineteen girls, all of them had been named Katherine. And all of them, every single solitary one—had dumped him!
The summer of senior high graduation, Colin was dumped by the nineteenth Katherine. In order to get rid of the pain, Hassan, Colin’s friend, suggested to have a road trip. Then they embarked on a journey without destination. During the journey, Colin gave himself a task. Using the past experience to create a formula to predict the future of one relationship.
Reflection
I finally finished this interesting book! Maybe not everyone had the chance to be in a relationship. But after reading the experience of Colin's failure, I could realize something. First, the main character, Colin, was born to be a genius. However, though he was very talented, he was still bad at love. I believed that god is fair. Everyone wouldn't be perfect, there must be some flaws in your personality. Second, in the book, Colin created a formula to calculate love. Actually, love is more difficult than a math problem. There isn't a standard answer to love. In a relationship, you need to understand the identity of your partner and try to fulfill his/her needs. Every successful relationship must undergo many frustrations. If you were Colin, your relationship may be more unpleasant.
What I like about this book the most is the description way of the love. Use math formula as a metaphor of love. It makes the book more interesting and impressive to read. At first, I don't even think that I will read about math in a novel. XD (Because I'm not good at math, I hate it.) The book also gave me the hope about creating our own future. There are lots of probability in the future because we can't predict it. Like Colin, in the end, he realized that he couldn't limit by those Katherines. He could find out other perfect people with other beautiful names, not only Katherines. In conclusion, this is a warm and humorous book. And I recommend it to those who just finish one relationship, maybe it'll be a comfort to you! :)
Hey Mia Lin,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on finishing the book. I am truly proud of you, because I only finished 1 book so far this semester, and I am striving for being like you.
About the story's plot, I really like what you said about "love is more complicated than a math problem." I cannot agree with the statement more. Throughout my abundant amount of past lovers, though they follow the same path of not being Mr.Right, I can confidently say that each one of them is completely different from the other. However, those experiences are the reflection of who I was and who I am now. I have gone through ups and downs when it comes to relationships, and the heartbreaks were the formula to my strengthened peace with me, and the joyful moments are memories I keep dearly in my heart. They have all shaped my mind and heart, and I think that is what John Green wants to portray in this novel.
Thank you Mia for reminding me of some of the best memories I have stored in my heart. I hope you have a wonderful semester this week. I know you are a hard worker, but please remember to always take care of yourself always.
Always by your side.
-Hannah
Dear Mia, this is Hazel. I agree with you that not everyone can have a taste of love when it comes to relationships. Take my first relationship for example, I did not sense the sweetness of love (for so many reasons), but I think I've known myself much more better than before. Getting into a relationship needs mental preparations since what we face can be hurtful and regretful, but it is also rather exciting and thrilling that this relationship may give us an once-in-a-lifetime experience. Sometimes what a relationship can give us is simply a growth. The growth that only ourselves can witness. Hope that two of us can soon taste the sweetest love in the near future, love ya!
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