The Rosie Effect: A Novel
With The Rosie Project, "Graeme Simsion achieved the impossible and created an entirely new kind of romantic hero," Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You said. Now Don Tillman returns in the hilarious and charming sequel to the international sensation. Get ready to fall in love all over again. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice: he's left Claudia and moved in with Don and Rosie. Picking up where The Rosie Project left off, The Rosie Effect is a fun, hilarious, and poignant read. "Don Tillman helps us believe in possibility, makes us proud to be human beings, and the bonus is this: he keeps us laughing like hell" (Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook).
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Simsion is a master at creating humorous and improbable situations. This second book in the Rosie series finds Don and Rosie married , with an unexpected pregnancy. As Don thoroughly researches gestation and parenting, hilarity and misunderstandings ensue. Sometimes like a Keystone cop routine and other times - in a manner that is just plain sweet. Definitely a fun lighthearted uplifting story.
A continuation of "The Rosie Project." Enjoyable, humorous sequel of Don's unexpected journey through Rosie's pregnancy and delivery of their baby. Leaves the reader with anticipation for the final book of the trilogy.
I loved [b:The Rosie Project|16181775|The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1)|Graeme Simsion|https:d.gr-assets.com/books/1371651741s/16181775.jpg|22084678]. Don Tillman was a character unlike any I had ever encountered before. Honest, hilarious, and easy to love (for the reader, not necessarily for the characters in the book). I was beyond excited when I heard there would be a second book. I was also a little apprehensive, which happens when I finish a book that I thought would be a stand-alone and that was amazing as a stand-alone.
After reading reviews that gave only a couple stars or only one star, I was downright SCARED and took my time getting around to reading it.
All I can say is: WHY THE HECK DID I WAIT SO LONG?
Wait. I can also say:
TO THE TWO STAR REVIEWS:
AND TO THE ONE STAR REVIEWS:
Sorry. I understand that everyone likes different things and has different rating systems, but I am just baffled that people could give something like an unedited erotica novella that uses your instead of you're and this the same number of stars. BAFFLED.
OK. Now that I have that out of my system.
I will be honest and say that because I had read [b: The Rosie Project|16181775|The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1)|Graeme Simsion|https:d.gr-assets.com/books/1371651741s/16181775.jpg|22084678] so long ago and because my memory gets worse and worse for every year that I age, the details of the first book were a bit fuzzy. However, I was snapped back almost instantly and the voice of Don was as familiar and comforting as a warm, fuzzy blanket.
I loved Don's thought processes in this book as much as I did in the first. Don is a very clear character. His "voice" is one of the most memorable and easy to fall into of all the characters I've ever encountered. I love the funny situations he gets himself into and want to cheer for him when he is able to get out of them. I love his good intentions. It would be exhausting to be Don, always having to compute what to say/do/think next.
It is my love for Don's character that made it easy for me to bypass what others seem to have found very frustrating: the lack of or the change in Rosie's character in this book. I believe one reader even described her as being a "bitch" in this one. I didn't find her reactions to be as unbelievable as others. She is pregnant. She is excited about the pregnancy. Many men don't have the same excitement and instant emotional attachment to a pregnancy as women to begin with; Don has an even more difficult time because he has an extremely difficult time feeling/recognizing emotions. It's understandable that she would be upset. It's understandable that she would question what kind of father he would be able to be to their child.
Is everything that happens believable? No. Does everything align like the stars and the moon? No. But this isn't meant to be a serious scholarly book. This is light - a "beach read" if you will (although there are no true beaches here).
I'm giving this five stars because "I liked it" four stars isn't enough. I find the Don Tillman books to be unique, which is something that is getting harder and harder to find nowadays.
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June 30, 2014
Please. Please oh please oh please, Mr. Simsion. Please do not ruin a good thing.
I'm trusting you.
No pressure.
After reading reviews that gave only a couple stars or only one star, I was downright SCARED and took my time getting around to reading it.
All I can say is: WHY THE HECK DID I WAIT SO LONG?
Wait. I can also say:
TO THE TWO STAR REVIEWS:
AND TO THE ONE STAR REVIEWS:
Sorry. I understand that everyone likes different things and has different rating systems, but I am just baffled that people could give something like an unedited erotica novella that uses your instead of you're and this the same number of stars. BAFFLED.
OK. Now that I have that out of my system.
I will be honest and say that because I had read [b: The Rosie Project|16181775|The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1)|Graeme Simsion|https:d.gr-assets.com/books/1371651741s/16181775.jpg|22084678] so long ago and because my memory gets worse and worse for every year that I age, the details of the first book were a bit fuzzy. However, I was snapped back almost instantly and the voice of Don was as familiar and comforting as a warm, fuzzy blanket.
I loved Don's thought processes in this book as much as I did in the first. Don is a very clear character. His "voice" is one of the most memorable and easy to fall into of all the characters I've ever encountered. I love the funny situations he gets himself into and want to cheer for him when he is able to get out of them. I love his good intentions. It would be exhausting to be Don, always having to compute what to say/do/think next.
It is my love for Don's character that made it easy for me to bypass what others seem to have found very frustrating: the lack of or the change in Rosie's character in this book. I believe one reader even described her as being a "bitch" in this one. I didn't find her reactions to be as unbelievable as others. She is pregnant. She is excited about the pregnancy. Many men don't have the same excitement and instant emotional attachment to a pregnancy as women to begin with; Don has an even more difficult time because he has an extremely difficult time feeling/recognizing emotions. It's understandable that she would be upset. It's understandable that she would question what kind of father he would be able to be to their child.
Is everything that happens believable? No. Does everything align like the stars and the moon? No. But this isn't meant to be a serious scholarly book. This is light - a "beach read" if you will (although there are no true beaches here).
I'm giving this five stars because "I liked it" four stars isn't enough. I find the Don Tillman books to be unique, which is something that is getting harder and harder to find nowadays.
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June 30, 2014
Please. Please oh please oh please, Mr. Simsion. Please do not ruin a good thing.
I'm trusting you.
No pressure.
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