The Abundance of Katherines

The worst thing about my book is the fact that the main protagonist is unrelatable to me. He has a lot of goals and knows what he wants. And I'm more of a person who's just going to take life as it comes. Colin (the protagonist) has his life planned out for him. He's very technical and smart. He is very focused as well. I think the reasons that all of his past "Katherines" have broken up with him is because he is too focused on figuring new things out and he doesn't show how he cares in ways that they will convey as caring. I think that Colin is very smart in a book smart kind of way. However, he does lack a connection to people emotionally. I feel like he only looks at things and thinks about them if he can make logical sense of them. His thinking is based on what he knows, not what he wonders. He doesn't let himself have feelings or thoughts if they don't make sense and I think that's part of the reason why he doesn't have a good connection to people. For example, right now in the book, he is trying to come up with a mathematical equation to prove why he gets dumped all them time and is never the one doing the dumping. He can't do that!

Love is love and you can't just predict it. Colin thinks there needs to be a logical explanation or reason for everything, when really, that may not be the case. I think the vacation Colin is taking from his normal life is something that he needs. Maybe stepping out of his comfort zone will help him realize that sometimes it's okay to just go with the flow.