The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)

Posted on 10 September 2018 by Graeme Simsion

An international sensation, this hilarious, feel good novel is narrated by an oddly charming and socially challenged genetics professor on an unusual quest to find out if he is capable of true love.Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a wonderful husband, his first reaction is shock Yet he must concede to the statistical probability that there is someone for everyone, and he embarks upon The Wife Project In the orderly, evidence based manner with which he approaches all things, Don sets out to find the perfect partner She will be punctual and logical most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late arriver.Yet Rosie Jarman is all these things She is also beguiling, fiery, intelligent and on a quest of her own She is looking for her biological father, a search that a certain DNA expert might be able to help her with Don s Wife Project takes a back burner to the Father Project and an unlikely relationship blooms, forcing the scientifically minded geneticist to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie and the realization that love is not always what looks good on paper The Rosie Project is a moving and hilarious novel for anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of overwhelming challenges. New Download [ The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) ] By [ Graeme Simsion ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is so wonderful I m going to attempt to enumerate my enjoyment of the novel 1 Don Tillman is an Associate Professor of genetics at the University of Melbourne He has a black belt in Akikido, and can cook a mean lobster salad He also has Asperger syndrome but he doesn t know that Don just thinks that there s something missing that leaves him baffled by human behaviour and unappealing to other people especially the opposite sex But after his dear ol The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is so wonderful I m going to attempt to enumerate my enjoyment of the novel 1 Don Tillman is an Associate Professor of genetics at the University of Melbourne He has a black belt in Akikido, and can cook a mean lobster salad He also has Asperger syndrome but he doesn t know that Don just thinks that there s something missing that leaves him baffled by human behaviour and unappealing to other people especially the opposite sex But after his dear old neighbour tells him that he would make someone a good husband, Don decides to get married and to limit the fallout of incompatibility and highly ineffective dating detection, Don decides to make a questionnaire to find himself the perfect wife Thus, The Wife Project This is not insane It has actually happen...Sheldon in love.Adorable and fun Probably one of the most enjoyable chick lit books I ve read, ironically, written by a man On the other hand, not nearly enough sex in it.This does for Autism what Pretty Woman did for prostitutes It uses it for entertainment, it plays on it for laughter It s a 1970 s sitcom of a book.The character of Shel Don feels like littlethat fan fiction of The Big Bang Theory and Rosie seems like the perfect emulation of The Cool Girl as described in Gone Girl She s too trite and quirky to be believable Don himself is simply a figure of fun, he moves form scene to scene for our amusement in a what will he do now manner as Juli This does for Autism what Pretty Woman did for prostitutes It uses it for entertainment, it plays on it for laughter It s a 1970 s sitcom of a book.The character of Shel Don feels like littlethat fan fiction of The Big Bang Theory and Rosie seems like the perfect emulation of The Cool Girl as described in Gone Girl She s too trite and quirky to be believable Don himself is simply a figure of fun, he moves form scene to scene for our amusement in a what will he do now manner as Julia Roberts did in Pretty Woman The book groans plot wise, nothing is surprising and though it is an easy read it is an utterly underwhelming one.I spent most of the book thinking of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Fault in our Stars or The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, books with exceptional narrators that show rather than tell At every stage Don tells He is created ...What a shame What a shame Graeme Simsion wrote this offering quickly and that he went with a comedy rather than a drama.What a shame that the opportunity to educate and illuminate was squandered and traded for gratuitous laughs ,extreme generalisations and blatant stereotyping.My initial delight at realising the subject matter of this book meant I was immediately enrolled in the project A third of the way into the book, I became uncomfortable with the tenor and theme The premise that hi What a shame What ...Don Tillman is an Associate Professor of Genetics with probably Asperger s Syndrome who has decided that, as he is nearing 40, he will solve the wife problem ie not being married by creating a questionnaire that will ascertain, for him, the perfect wife and then marry her That is until he meets Rosie, a grad student working part time in a gay bar who s looking for her biological father, and slowly Don s Wife Project becomes The Rosie Project as he realises he s falling in love with h Don Tillman is an Associate...Actual rating 3.5 starsFrom the moment I finished it I knew I had one critical task to perform To review this project book Although the timing is particularly annoying, I realized that the several options I faced made my choice incredibly clear Not reviewing this book, resulting in damage to this book s fame, which would be appalling due to the fact that it s fucking awesome Rescheduling this review to another time, resulting in loss of memories and leading to a probable abandonment of t Actual rating 3.5 starsFrom the moment I finished it I knew I had one critical task to perform To review this project book Although the timing is particularly annoying, I realized that the several options I faced made my choice incredibly clear Not reviewing this book, resulting...I thoroughly enjoyed this book It was very amusing and clever The protagonist Don is definitely a clich d version of someone with Asperger s, but I think he had to be for the purposes of the novel He sits on the very end of the spectrum and embodies every single stereotypical attribute of an Aspie At one point I cringed at the end of the book when he is struggling about whether he feels love or not Not accurate for someone with Asperger s they actually have intense emotions but are unable I thoroughly enjoyed this book It was very amusing and clever The protagonist Don is definitely a clich d version of someone with Asperger s, but I think he had to be for the purposes of the novel He sits on the very end of the spectrum and embodies every single stereotypical attribute of an Aspie At one point I cringed at the end of the book when he is struggling about whether he feels love or not Not accurate for someone with Asperg...Ultracharming very very, uh, cute The singular voice of the main character is enough to convince the reader that a love story exists in anything This rom com takes some DNA from various films, especially 1997 s As Good As It Gets Worth a read, its verry likely to become a film soon the novel wa...How addictive was this book I read it in a day a day when I should have been doing other things.It s a fun, quirky and erudite love story It s laugh out loud funny and unexpectedly touching.Don is a wonderfully offbeat narrative character and Rosie is his perfect foil Graeme Simsion writes both characters pitch perfect.I think one of the reasons the story is so appealing is that it s written by a man, from a man s perspective And it s definitely not lad lit.This book is going to be a huge How addictive was this book I read it in a day a day when I should ...I actually ended up enjoying this book muchthan I originally thought I would At the forefront it seems extremely sexist and not that great plot wise, but it definitely addresses those issues and works through them with character development, which I found to be fantastic.The only thing I m not sure on is the depiction of Asperger s I am not an expert in any way, so I m not sure if this portrayal was accurate correct well done If someone wants to tell me that would be awesome Overall enj I actually ended up enjoying this book muchthan I originally thought I would At the forefront it seems extremely sexist and not that great plot wise, but it definitely addresses those issues and works through them ...

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10 September 2018

Graeme Simsion