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| Title | : | The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) |
| Author | : | Graeme Simsion |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 295 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2013 by Simon & Schuster (first published January 30th 2013) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Romance. Contemporary. Humor. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Adult. Adult Fiction |
Graeme Simsion
Hardcover | Pages: 295 pages Rating: 4.02 | 416753 Users | 37908 Reviews
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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.
Details Books To The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1)
| Original Title: | The Rosie Project |
| ISBN: | 1476729085 (ISBN13: 9781476729084) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Don Tillman #1 |
| Characters: | Don Tillman, Rosie Jarman |
| Setting: | Australia |
| Literary Awards: | All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements (2014), Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Unpublished Manuscript (2012), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for General Fiction and for Book of the Year (2014), UC Book of the Year (2015), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2013) |
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Ratings: 4.02 From 416753 Users | 37908 ReviewsRate About Books The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1)
An unconventional take on the Rom-Com genre, but with the same tropes.Here we have Don Tillman (view spoiler)[ No, not Don Draper. Though I will be sad when Mad Men finishes in a few weeks. I mean, where else am I going to get my sartorial inspirations from? Oh, right: GQ (hide spoiler)], a genetics researcher who has his life organized to the last minute and finally decides to take a wife. In order to do so, he creates a questionnaire in order to filter out all unsuitable women. (Why he doesntThe Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is so wonderful. Im 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 doesnt know that. Don just thinks that theres something missing that leaves him baffled by human behaviour and unappealing to other people (especially the opposite sex). But after his dear old
I actually ended up enjoying this book much more than 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
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
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, it seems, 1997's "As Good As it Gets." Worth a read, its very likely to become a film soon (the novel was originally written as a, yup, screenplay!).
Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/a/k/a Sheldon Cooper Finds a Wife Don is a creature of habit. His work, exercise, dinner, clothes, well . EVERYTHING is scheduled to the second with zero variation. The only time Don has really ventured out of his comfort zone was when he befriended Daphne a lonely elderly neighbor whose husband had been put in a nursing home. Before Daphnes own health declines, she proclaims what a wonderful husband Don will be to some lucky girl. It
I would never, in a million years, imagine that one day I would cheer and laugh out loud at a room full of children chanting for someone to kill the baby!, but that was before I picked this book up. Because in reality that scene was so hilarious and entertaining! I was utterly elated: I laughed, I smiled and I Awww Don and Oh Don through the whole thing. All in all, I had a beatific couple of days reading this book. It is a smart book with smart characters doing intelligent things thinking
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