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3.97 AVERAGE
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.
Against the odds our odd couple managed to breed and now have the challenge of optimising the son’s upbringing.
I must have liked it. All three read and I'd still like to hear more of Don Tillman.
i liked the story with don as a dad. probably the weakest boom in the series but enjoyable regardless
I liked this one. I was a little worried when I realized this book was focused on the autism aspects of Don (and Hudson's) life, since the discussion questions at the end of a previous book had referenced Autism Speaks. But I felt like this was well done, it presented arguments from different perspectives without really choosing a side. And it was nice to see what happened to all the characters. Overall I really enjoyed these books, even on a reread (I reread the first two before picking up this one).
funny
hopeful
medium-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
Graeme Simsion concludes the series that made him into an international name with more of what made the first book enjoyable and less of what made the second so frustrating. Despite the five year publication gap, The Rosie Result is set approximately 12 years after the events of The Rosie Effect. Don and Rosie now have an eleven year old son, Hudson, and his school is eager to get him officially diagnosed as autistic.
The earlier Rosie books pulled a Big Bang Theory in their resistance to categorisation of their protagonist; here Simsion openly attempts to address the rights of autistic people and to dispel the stigmas that follow them through society. It’s a preachy approach to storytelling, but autistic people are worth advocating for and Simsion manages it without condescension.
Gently told and with a narrative that isn’t based on stupid miscommunications between its star couple — who are now a team rather than two people who don’t much like each other but are married anyway — The Rosie Result is a sweet story that goes a bit too soft on its villains; Simsion underplays the dangers of domestic violence (albeit with a realistic reaction to it from the abused party), and no one in the story should have put up with so much anti-vaxx talk, but overall it’s the most accomplished and least irritating of the entire trilogy.
If you didn’t like either of the first two books, you can safely skip this, but if you enjoyed the first and were disappointed by The Rosie Effect, feel free to return to the comfort of Don Tillman’s world.
The earlier Rosie books pulled a Big Bang Theory in their resistance to categorisation of their protagonist; here Simsion openly attempts to address the rights of autistic people and to dispel the stigmas that follow them through society. It’s a preachy approach to storytelling, but autistic people are worth advocating for and Simsion manages it without condescension.
Gently told and with a narrative that isn’t based on stupid miscommunications between its star couple — who are now a team rather than two people who don’t much like each other but are married anyway — The Rosie Result is a sweet story that goes a bit too soft on its villains; Simsion underplays the dangers of domestic violence (albeit with a realistic reaction to it from the abused party), and no one in the story should have put up with so much anti-vaxx talk, but overall it’s the most accomplished and least irritating of the entire trilogy.
If you didn’t like either of the first two books, you can safely skip this, but if you enjoyed the first and were disappointed by The Rosie Effect, feel free to return to the comfort of Don Tillman’s world.
A perfect ending to this quirky series! The RESULT of reading this book is statistically probable to be frequent smiling and laughing throughout!
A fine conclusion to the trilogy as Don and Rosie cope with being parents in a world of cancel culture. Fun but not as good as the first one.
Great finish to the story. Improvement upon The Rosie Effect, but doesn't quite match The Rosie Project.