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    The Rosie Project
    The Rosie Project
    The Rosie Project
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Rosie Project

    Written by Graeme Simsion

    Narrated by Dan O'Grady

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    The international bestselling romantic comedy “bursting with warmth, emotional depth, and…humor,” (Entertainment Weekly) featuring the oddly charming, socially challenged genetics professor, Don, as he seeks true love.

    The art of love is never a science: Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially inept professor of genetics, who’s decided it’s time he found a wife. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs the Wife Project to find his perfect partner: a sixteen-page, scientifically valid survey to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the late arrivers.

    Rosie Jarman possesses all these qualities. Don easily disqualifies her as a candidate for The Wife Project (even if she is “quite intelligent for a barmaid”). But Don is intrigued by Rosie’s own quest to identify her biological father. When an unlikely relationship develops as they collaborate on The Father Project, Don is forced to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie―and the realization that, despite your best scientific efforts, you don’t find love, it finds you.

    Arrestingly endearing and entirely unconventional, Graeme Simsion’s distinctive debut “navigates the choppy waters of adult relationships, both romantic and platonic, with a fresh take (USA TODAY). “Filled with humor and plenty of heart, The Rosie Project is a delightful reminder that all of us, no matter how we’re wired, just want to fit in” (Chicago Tribune).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateOct 1, 2013
    ISBN9781442363021
    The Rosie Project
    Author

    Graeme Simsion

    Graeme Simsion is the internationally bestselling author of The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect, and The Rosie Result, featuring Professor Don Tillman, as well as The Best of Adam Sharp and, with Anne Buist, Two Steps Forward. Graeme lives in Australia.

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    • 3/5
      Quick read. The story is fine but it didn't leave me any lasting impression.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I laughed so hard. I loved it! It was an amazing book to listen to!
    • 5/5
      Warm and funny and very well written, with a unique first person narrator. I loved it and I'm now on to the other two books!
    • 5/5
      A really lovely, beautifully told love story with a bit of mystery and an adorable amount of quirk. Highly recommend!
    • 5/5
      Incredible plot, believable characters. Totally intriguing and entertaining, I love Don and Rosie!
    • 5/5
      The progression of the characters self-awareness throughout the book was well written and timed. The characters were eccentric and lovable.
    • 1/5
      Not awful but still disappointing. Rosie was undeserved and Don was frustratingly inconsistent. He seemed like a Marty Stu for much of the novel, having no difficulty mastering any skill. His autistic spectrum symptoms were also negated for too easily. His issue changes from whether he can't process normal social cues to just being disinterested in them. The author stated that this was originally a film script that he rewrote into a novel. There's a lot of subtext and development that he never wrote in, given the opportunities the novel format afforded him.
    • 3/5
      This is a sick twisted book.... ironic and sarcastic, but damn funny for the most part.
    • 5/5
      So funny and delightful! Loved these characters. Perfect pick-me-up for a dreary November day.
    • 2/5
      I loved the socially awkward, scientific character of Don Tillman - the way in which he viewed the world was so charming and refreshing.

      The first half of the book was really good but the remainder of it lost its way, I hated how Don went on and on about analysing himself, his behaviour and emotions - it really started to become dull. Rosie's 'father project' could have been cut way down, it seemed a bit long.

      I liked the ending for sure as predictably Don got the girl in the end but it was not an interesting enough of a story to make me want to read further in the series; which is a shame as it held a lot of promise.
    • 4/5
      This book is purely for entertainment and does its job well, that is, if you like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory, which I do. It drags out a little at some points, but still, I’d recommend it (again, specifically to Sheldon fans!).
    • 4/5
      Great read. I loved the character development and getting insights into the mind of someone with Aspergers. The ending seemed a bit rushed, especially when Gene changed his behavior based on a single comment. But it was still a satisfying ending.
    • 5/5
      Smart, funny and heartwarming. A celebration of The diversity and richness of humanity.
    • 2/5
      Professor Tillman wants to get married. There are a few obstacles though. He doesn't act the way people expect him to. He is completely honest and he can't see the damage he makes with his honesty.
      Next, he can't seem to get a break with women. He always does something unexpected that makes them leave.
      You see, the professor is autistic. His days and activities, from how many hours (minutes) he gets to sleep to what he buys and cooks on a particular day, are all planned.
      Since the book is written in the first person, you get to know the professor quite well. So, in order to get himself a wife he makes a questionnaire. Enter Rosie and the comedy of errors can start.

      I liked the occasional humour. His thoughts can be quite entertaining. On dating: 'the probability of success did not justify the effort and negative experiences.'
      I loved his rare relationships. He took care of an elderly neighbour Daphne until she stopped recognizing him.
      But I hated this: 'It was unlikely that her profession as waitress and barmaid was consistent with the specified intellectual level. There was no point in continuing?'

      Rosie is a cardboard character. I don't know much about her after reading this book. Now I see there is a second book with added drama, and it is possible she would be better developed there, but I have no desire to read it. There is a happy ending, move along. Don't create additional problems. Write about someone else.

      Most women don't have any depth here. The characters mention feminism a lot, but they are more mildly mocked than anything.The academics don't fare any better either.

      What I disliked the most is that Don Tillman changed in a course of a few days as if those were just his quirks.
    • 3/5
      This was a fun story with lots of details about autism (specifically Asperger's syndrome) and genetics. Personally, I did not appreciate all the profanity and the obsession with sex.
    • 4/5
      I thought this was fun, but it was built up too much so I was a little disappointed.
    • 5/5
      I've had this book on my #tbr pile for a while but just got around to reading it recently. Oh how I wish I read it sooner! This is such a hilarious read, made me literally laugh out loud. Don Tillman is a flawed yet endearing protagonist, a perfect match to Rosie's no-nonsense but tender-hearted character. Brilliantly written with a plot that will take you on a wild ride, The Rosie Project is definitely one of my favorite books this year.
    • 5/5
      This audiobook made me laugh out loud so many times. After reading the book years ago, the audio was just as good.

      I had to leave this review because I was so appalled at the three-star rating, as this was easily one of my favorite lighthearted reads of all time. And I have read thousands of books. In the two-ish years since first reading, I STILL found myself missing the characters. I came to love them and deeply empathize with them. I can’t think of a sweeter or more satisfying nerd romance!!
    • 4/5
      Every so often a sweet book crosses my path and it becomes the type of book I recommend to everyone. The last book similiar was "the guernsey potato peel pie and literacy society".

      It is a book club book, it is lovely, it is an easy read but it is still well written. It probably isn't award winning but the story is lovely and the writing doesn't offend.

      I just enjoyed this story. I heard the author discussing the novel on the radio and bought a copy when I saw it in my supermarket (which has a rather large book section, for a supermarket).

      Grab a copy and a cuppa.
    • 5/5
      Hilarious and well written!! Very interesting information about research procedures, genetics and Aspergers.
    • 4/5
      Spoiler alert -- this brief review also covers the sequel!When I learned that Bill Gates' favorite recently-read novels was this one (The Rosie Project) and its sequel (The Rosie Effect), I was intrigued. I read both back-to-back and enjoyed both immensely, although the sequel seemed to be more written with a movie in mind (lots of madcap mishaps, more so than in the first book). The first is about Don Tillman, a geneticist with Asperger's traits, meeting a woman (Rosie) who is the complete opposite. The second is about their struggles as newlywed expecting parents. Don sincerely wants things to work out but due to his lack of social graces, finds himself in constant hot water. I predict a third book will come out eventually, in which Don and Rosie learn how to be parents with yet more hilarious mishaps. Both books were easy reads and I'd recommend them highly.(Note: this review covers both The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect, both of which I give 4 stars).
    • 3/5
      The Rosie Project is a unconventional love story between Don (a Sheldon-like personality and Rosie). The two meet, while searching for Rosie's biological father. Don is a genetics professor, and as he works on finding Rosie's father, he falls in love with her.
    • 4/5
      This one was just outright fun. Don, the protagonist, is very endearing. I felt privileged to follow along with his self-discovery.
    • 4/5
      I was initially amused that Don Tillman, genetics professor, set out to find his wife in such an empirical way, that his criteria was SO specific. Also I found his systematic approach to life and thought patterns fascinating. But I didn't like him all that much. Enter Rosie. I liked how she reacted to his honesty and wouldn't allow him to maintain his independent ways. I enjoyed their antics as they collected DNA samples of the various men she suspected could be her father. Seeing Don's character change as his relationship with Rosie continued and his narration processing how he was changing as he tried to find what was rationale in his love for Rosie kept me interested.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful book so well written and narrated it seems as if I know the main character
    • 4/5
      Saw this book on Bill and Melinda Gates's recommendation list, so I decided to see why. Don, on the autism spectrum, but an intelligent professor who sees all of life's questions in black and white. There's no room for gray. This proves challenging and humorous on his quest to find the perfect wife. His character was particular reminiscent for me of many of the socially challenged men I've worked with in technology over the years. However, I appreciated his recognition that there are strengths that those "on the spectrum" or "aspeys" have and his unique ability to reformulate his "rules" about how he felt about things was intriguing. I like how he determined that his inability to feel empathy didn't affect his ability to love. It was a fun read... and particularly I think people who like Eleanor Oliphant will find a male version of the similarly likable quirky character.
    • 5/5
      I didn't want it to end. I cared deeply about the characters an# their happiness.
    • 4/5
      Good laugh ! V.straight genetisiste barmaid
    • 4/5
      Don is looking for a wife. His methods are unconventional, to say the least. But this is because Don is unconventional. Don is definitely on the Autism spectrum somewhere, but seems to be unaware of this. His social awkwardness is something he is accustomed to, and he just carries on. When he meets Rosie, she turns his life upside down. He falls in love with her and when he realizes this, he has to evaluate his life and make adjustments in order to accommodate a relationship. The process helps him get more in touch with himself and others. This was a charming and funny story with an unashamedly feel-good ending.
    • 5/5
      It showed how some of my relatives think and hopefully will help me to develop more patience with them.