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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. KIRKUS REVIEWFirst comes love, then comes marriage, then comesa baby that Don Tillman, lovable genius, has certainly not factored into his current life plan.The Aussie genetics professor who warmed hearts in The Rosie Project (2013) succeeded in snatching ?The World?s Most Beautiful Woman.? But pragmatic Don thinks his situation might be too good to last forever. He?s right. Enter Bud: Baby Under Development. After 10 blissful months of marriage, Rosie announces she?s pregnant, uprooting the carefully balanced life they?ve created in New York. Complicating matters is a secret Don?s keeping from Rosie: A lunch with friends turned disastrous when a new acquaintance, a social worker, diagnosed Don as unfit for fatherhood. This puts Don under a lot of stress, which he tries to combat by learning as much as he can about fetal development. He?s as lovably frustrating as ever, handling this unexpected situation with utmost practicality. Rosie, though, is having none of it. She?s Don?s emotional opposite, dismissing Don?s suggestions and turning fonder of the f-word by the minute. After creating such a successful offbeat relationship in his first book, author Simsion chooses to dismantle it, leaving the quirky lovebirds unable to communicate. Really, it?s Rosie?s fault. She?s become entirely unlikable, failing to see that underneath Don?s unconventional methods is a man who cares. Instead, she finds him ?embarrassing,? and it?s heartbreaking. The impending failure of their relationship feels sudden, most likely due to the book?s many side stories: Gene, Don?s best friend, is in New York after the breakup of his marriage. George, a rock star who lives upstairs, has issues of his own, as does a fellow pregnant couple with financial troubles. While Don tries to solve all these problems¥exercising his winning analytic voice¥his marriage is fading into the background, as is readers? support of the Don-Rosie combo. Simsion tries to swiftly mend what?s been broken, but the happily-ever-after is lacking confidence.Don prides himself on meticulous consideration of all scenarios; not even he could?ve imagined that the sparkle of his love story wouldn?t last.Pub Date: Dec. 30th, 2014ISBN: 978-1-4767-6731-4Page count: 304ppPublisher: Simon & SchusterReview Posted Online: Nov. 5th, 2014Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 15th, 2014 It's been awhile since I read the Rosie Project and I remember enjoying it and thinking it was a cute variation of the typical romance novel. I waited a long time to read this sequel because I wasn't sure I was interested in spending more time with Don & Rosie and it turns out....I wasn't. I read this book but instead of finding it cute I found it irritating and the final resolution was too fast and too easy and didn't seem earned at all. Skip it. I absolutely loved THE ROSIE PROJECT, it was such a quirky, interesting, fast read! Although I enjoyed this book, Rosie's character was too serious/sad at times and in the middle I wanted to shake one (or both) of them! Toward the end it all came together though, and you can't help but love Don. Excellent writing, I can't imagine putting myself into Don's personality and coming up with how he would think and act. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: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). No library descriptions found. |
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