Road trips can solve anything! (An Abundance Of Katherines)
Green, J. (2006) An Abundance Of Katherines . New York, NY: Penguin Group Spoilers Ahead! Colin Singleton has been laying on the floor of his room in emotional anguish for most of the day. He has just been dumped by his nineteenth Katherine. All of his girlfriends have been named Katherine, and every one of them has dumped him. This one was the worst. This one he really wanted to work. He feels like there is hole in his gut, a missing piece, and he doesn’t know how to deal with it. Which is saying something, as he a very smart individual. Colin is a child prodigy. A prodigy, but in his definition, not a genius. This fact is where his other problem stems from. Colin wants to matter. He wants to recognized as great. This is where genius and prodigy separate. A prodigy is amazing at learning what others have already pioneered, whereas a genius paves the way to something new. Colin is afraid that ...