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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
Cute. Super idealized, but I didn't care. Nice payoff at the end.
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Just as enjoyable as the first two books :-) Everything gets tied up in a neat little bow once again.
The latest installment in the Tillman family saga is just as enjoyable as its predecessors, but in spite of the light touch it has a very serious message about normality and difference, and how society copes with this (or not ...). It also underlines a frequent tension between rationality and emotion. It's a book well worth reading, and pondering afterwards.
The Rosie Trilogy is the story of Don Tillman, a middle-aged university professor who has never quite got the hang of ‘fitting in’.
In the opening novel The Rosie Project, Don devises a questionnaire to assist him to find a suitable wife. By narrowing down the list of prospective women in this way, there will be minimal disruption to his weekly schedule which he follows down to the minute. Hilarity ensues when the Wife Project doesn’t give the intended outcome and Don falls for Rosie – a woman who in no way resembles Don’s ‘perfect wife’.
In The Rosie Effect, Don and Rosie are now married and living in New York. Don has devised his new weekly schedule and everything is going according to plan…until Rosie announces that she is pregnant. Aware that he lacks parenting skills, Don’s next project is to become good father material. On the way he narrowly avoids being arrested and causing the end of his marriage.
The Rosie Result takes place more than ten years later when Don, Rosie and their son Hudson have moved back to Melbourne. Hudson displays signs of having similar social problems to his father. Don’s project this time around is to use his personal experience of childhood to prepare Hudson for high school. Hudson ends up facing expulsion and his school teacher wants him to be assessed for autism. Ultimately this forces Don to face his own reality.
The Rosie Trilogy is very funny, quirky and uplifting. It has much to teach us about empathy, identity, and human nature. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
In the opening novel The Rosie Project, Don devises a questionnaire to assist him to find a suitable wife. By narrowing down the list of prospective women in this way, there will be minimal disruption to his weekly schedule which he follows down to the minute. Hilarity ensues when the Wife Project doesn’t give the intended outcome and Don falls for Rosie – a woman who in no way resembles Don’s ‘perfect wife’.
In The Rosie Effect, Don and Rosie are now married and living in New York. Don has devised his new weekly schedule and everything is going according to plan…until Rosie announces that she is pregnant. Aware that he lacks parenting skills, Don’s next project is to become good father material. On the way he narrowly avoids being arrested and causing the end of his marriage.
The Rosie Result takes place more than ten years later when Don, Rosie and their son Hudson have moved back to Melbourne. Hudson displays signs of having similar social problems to his father. Don’s project this time around is to use his personal experience of childhood to prepare Hudson for high school. Hudson ends up facing expulsion and his school teacher wants him to be assessed for autism. Ultimately this forces Don to face his own reality.
The Rosie Trilogy is very funny, quirky and uplifting. It has much to teach us about empathy, identity, and human nature. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
This third of three is almost as good as the first one. The interchanges with the son are interesting, if not quite plausible.
Third in this trilogy. I still think the Rosie Project was the best in the series. This one was more serious, although there were some hilarious moments. Rosie & Don's son appears to also be autistic, and there was more in this book about autism and some of the controversies about diagnosis and management than in the first two.
I have truly enjoyed every visit with Don and Rosie. This book was another charming look at the misadventures and misunderstandings that occur when someone looks at and processes the world in a unique way. Don and Rosie are now parents to an 11 year old and that makes for a slew of issues that any parent can relate to but presented with Don’s distinctive perspective.
Loved it. It took a while for me to get back into the tone of this book, but overall I really enjoyed the stories, the challenges and the way things were resolved. A bit over simplistic but a great summer read.