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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
Took me a long time to get into this book...probably beyond the halfway point. It was okay, but the plot was not as funny or as captivating as The Rosie Project.
I received this as an ARC (thank you so much, Eve & Goodreads!)
This was a good laugh-out-loud read! Funny and enjoyable, Mr. Tillman doesn't disappoint in this second book, although I found Rosie's attitude frustrating and sometimes even annoying. I found the ending a bit over the top, same as with the first book, but it was a nice read anyway. Perfect for a weekend at home!
This was a good laugh-out-loud read! Funny and enjoyable, Mr. Tillman doesn't disappoint in this second book, although I found Rosie's attitude frustrating and sometimes even annoying. I found the ending a bit over the top, same as with the first book, but it was a nice read anyway. Perfect for a weekend at home!
This book really stressed me out! I hate deception as a means of "protecting" someone. It all comes together, though, and I plan on reading the third installment.
Not for nothing, but Rosie kinda sucks. Loved The Rosie Project (the first book in this series), but this one was tough to get through.
This was just okay for me, very tedious and not nearly as engaging as the first one.
I accidentally read this before the first one. I really didn't like the way Rosie was written, I hope she's more three dimensional in The Rosie Project and less of a plot point
At times this book was incredibly irritating to read. I was becoming exasperated with Don and his constant analysis of activities. And that is precisely what I imagine it is like to live with him. Graeme Simision has followed The Rosie Project with the perfect follow-up, and once again he has taken me inside the world of Don, Rosie, and their growing set of friends, and caused me to care about all of them.
He has also caused me to laugh quietly both at the scenarios Don finds himself in and the logical-to-Don shenanigans he employs to extricate himself from those scenarios, and the responses to Don by the New York perveyors of power. And then there is the estimable cocktail expertise that Don (and Rosie) have amassed and use to great effect. And the rock star. And the restauranteurs. And the police. And Lydia. And the antenatal group. And the men's group Don so effectively starts and shepherds. And Columbia research. And so on.
Don and Rosie caused me to ponder the following, upon finishing their story. If we marry someone else, will who we are change as we learn to live with them. And if that is the case, if we marry yet another person, will we change yet again. The obvious response is yes, as we are currently changing as we grow and age. But at heart, do we remain the same person regardless who we are married to, or does our personality undergo a change based upon the influence of the person we live with. I think I know my own answer, but thanks to Simision, this is what crossed my mind upon closing his book.
Ever see The Runaway Bride? Julia Roberts plays a bride who has a habit of abandoning fiancés at the alter. What stayed with me from that movie was she always chose as her favorite egg dish the same dish favored by her current fiancé. Resonates with my prior paragraph.
He has also caused me to laugh quietly both at the scenarios Don finds himself in and the logical-to-Don shenanigans he employs to extricate himself from those scenarios, and the responses to Don by the New York perveyors of power. And then there is the estimable cocktail expertise that Don (and Rosie) have amassed and use to great effect. And the rock star. And the restauranteurs. And the police. And Lydia. And the antenatal group. And the men's group Don so effectively starts and shepherds. And Columbia research. And so on.
Don and Rosie caused me to ponder the following, upon finishing their story. If we marry someone else, will who we are change as we learn to live with them. And if that is the case, if we marry yet another person, will we change yet again. The obvious response is yes, as we are currently changing as we grow and age. But at heart, do we remain the same person regardless who we are married to, or does our personality undergo a change based upon the influence of the person we live with. I think I know my own answer, but thanks to Simision, this is what crossed my mind upon closing his book.
Ever see The Runaway Bride? Julia Roberts plays a bride who has a habit of abandoning fiancés at the alter. What stayed with me from that movie was she always chose as her favorite egg dish the same dish favored by her current fiancé. Resonates with my prior paragraph.
Definitely not the Rosie "Effect" - Rosie is barely in the book and when she is, she's not the same person as in the RP.
Gene redeems himself (slightly), Lydia is even more socially inept than Don and everything turns out hunky dory.
3 stars because the characterisation (except for Rosie) is strong enough to make me at times, angry, sad and almost totally depressed; saved by the calf birth, the appearance of George the fourth and Phil.
Gene redeems himself (slightly), Lydia is even more socially inept than Don and everything turns out hunky dory.
3 stars because the characterisation (except for Rosie) is strong enough to make me at times, angry, sad and almost totally depressed; saved by the calf birth, the appearance of George the fourth and Phil.
Flat, uninspired, charmless, contrived. I really liked The Rosie Project, and was looking forward to this read, so this made me sad. I almost abandoned this midread, but held out in the hope that somehow the mess would turn into something with value. That did not happen.