Child prodigy Colin Singleton has only ever dated girls named Katherine. No Catherines or Katrinas or any other name; only Katherines. Nineteen of them, to be exact. When K-19, the one he really loved, breaks his heart, he and his best (and only) friend, Hassan, set out on a road trip, and end up in, of all places, Gutshot Tennessee, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand is supposedly buried. In Gutshot, Hassan and Colin meet some interesting people, but Colin has other things to worry about as well. He's always wanted to have a Eureka moment, and now he's had one. Colin thinks he can come up with an equation to predict how a relationship between two people will go. People are, after all, predictable.
As a fan of John Green's first novel, Looking For Alaska, I had high expectations for this book, and I was not disappointed. While very different from the more emotional (not to say this book is never emotional, but it's also quite amusing), it's a fabulous book, with very funny, well-written, and unique characters, not to mention a very creative and interesting plot. After all, how many books do you read where a guy thinks he can predict romance using math? Perhaps there's another one out there, but I haven't read it. Every aspect of this entertaning novel is funny (but without being stupid); it's a real page-turner!
Rating (0 - 10 scale): 10
Reviewer Age: 15
Reviewer City, State and Country: Asheville, NC USA
