Smart, funny, touching, and completely unforgettable, Graeme Simsion's
The Rosie Project, had me rooting for genetics professor Don Tillman,
whose life is based on logic and control, as he searches for a life
partner with The Wife Project. Along the way, Don meets Rosie, looking
for her biological father, and he puts the Wife Project on the side to
help her find her dad (The Father Project). While Rosie is pretty much
the epitome of what Don is not looking for, the reader knows she's
perfect for him, breaking Don out of his logic-ridden shell. Around
Rosie, Don finds himself breaking his own rules and discovers moments of
pure joy- "Another world, another life, proximate but inaccessible.
The elusive… Sat-is-fac-tion." My heart broke for emotionally-crippled
Don as he realized the emptiness of his routined life, and it soared
for him when he began to slowly alter his over-regimented life. Filled
with thoughtful insights and complete with proven statistics, The Rosie
Project taught me a lot about human nature and their ability to love. I
am in love with this unique and quirky book and the realistically
vulnerable characters that it brought to life.
Side note:
In my head, I pictured Don as the logic-inclined Ewan McGregor in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Review by: Mary
Author: Graeme Simsion - follow him on Twitter.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Series: No
Genre: Adult, Contemporary Fiction
Pages: 304 pages
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