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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
Really good...I wasn't sure I was ready to be inside Don Tillman's head again, so soon after reading 'The Rosie Project', but this was a great sequel. The ending was predictable but it still made me happy! A good holiday listen (audiobook).
Nowhere as good as The Rosie Project. The author dialed up the wacky resulting in a story that was highly frenetic but low on the charm and character that drew me in to the first book.
Fun and funny, just like the first in the series, and even slightly more interesting because you couldn't be *sure* that it was going to all work out okay in the end. Overall a good read, though I found it painful at points to watch Don and Rosie's relationship falling apart before their eyes and Don failing to do anything meaningful about it. The gist of the story is that Rosie gets pregnant, Don is unsure how to emotionally respond to the news, and he and Rosie grow apart as Don prepares for the baby in all the wrong ways (aka hyper-logically, without providing any emotional support or indication of interest that Rosie can see). Add to the mix an unwanted long-term houseguest, the stress of Rosie's thesis, and a series of epic fails which land Don first arrested and then sentenced to marital counseling (all unbeknownst to Rosie), and an entertaining plot unfolds over the nine months of pregnancy.
Okay. Nice to spend time with Don and Rosie, but nothing extraordinary.
GREETINGS. My name is Don Tillman. I am forty-one years old. I have been married to Rosie Jarman, world's most perfect woman, for ten months and ten days.
Marriage added significant complexity to my life. When we relocated to New York City, Rosie brought three maximum-size suitcases. We abandoned the Standardised Meal System and agreed that sex should not be scheduled in advance.
Then Rosie told me we had 'something to celebrate', and I was faced with a challenge even greater than finding a partner.
I have attempted to follow traditional protocols and have sourced advice from all six of my friends, plus a therapist and the internet.
The result has been a web of deceit. I am now in danger of prosecution, deportation and professional disgrace.
And of losing Rosie forever.
An excellent follow-up to 'The Rosie Project'. Many laugh-out-loud moments but also quite a few 'lump in the throat' moments. I loved it.
Marriage added significant complexity to my life. When we relocated to New York City, Rosie brought three maximum-size suitcases. We abandoned the Standardised Meal System and agreed that sex should not be scheduled in advance.
Then Rosie told me we had 'something to celebrate', and I was faced with a challenge even greater than finding a partner.
I have attempted to follow traditional protocols and have sourced advice from all six of my friends, plus a therapist and the internet.
The result has been a web of deceit. I am now in danger of prosecution, deportation and professional disgrace.
And of losing Rosie forever.
An excellent follow-up to 'The Rosie Project'. Many laugh-out-loud moments but also quite a few 'lump in the throat' moments. I loved it.
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I enjoyed this book, it was funny and easy to read
Another series published sooner in the UK than the US. Sometimes, I just can't wait and have to find a way. I thought it was as much of a charmer as The Rosie Project.
A lot of negative reviews but personally I enjoyed this follow up book to The Rosie Project.
Received a copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
THE ROSIE EFFECT is a hilarious and endearing look at early marriage and unexpected pregnancy. I thoroughly enjoyed Don's crazy antics as well as the addition of some fun new characters. At times I thought Rosie's responses were a little over the top, but it made for great storytelling. At times the story dragged a little bit, and it wasn't quite as good as the first book (sequels never are)--but still a satisfying followup novel. If you enjoyed the first book and want to know what happens next for Rosie & Don, then it's definitely worth a read!
THE ROSIE EFFECT is a hilarious and endearing look at early marriage and unexpected pregnancy. I thoroughly enjoyed Don's crazy antics as well as the addition of some fun new characters. At times I thought Rosie's responses were a little over the top, but it made for great storytelling. At times the story dragged a little bit, and it wasn't quite as good as the first book (sequels never are)--but still a satisfying followup novel. If you enjoyed the first book and want to know what happens next for Rosie & Don, then it's definitely worth a read!
I loved The Rosie Project. It was quirky, it was entertaining, it was sweet. By contrast, I found The Rosie Effect...overwrought, if that's the right word to use. In The Rosie Effect, Don and Rosie are expecting a child. Don knows that stress is bad for mother and child and on no account must Rosie be allowed to get worried. As you might expect, a comedy of errors ensues when Don sets about, with the best of intentions, trying to be a supportive spouse and well-prepared father-to-be. He refuses to tell Rosie any of this and tries to settle things on his own, until what seemed like a snowball grows into an avalanche that threatens to engulf Don.
But balance in comedy is a tricky thing. In The Rosie Project, the situations Don got himself into had just that touch of the incredible to induce a chuckle. The Rosie Effect piles on the gags and it gets a little exhausting after a while. It's not a bad book, but The Rosie Project was such a fun read that The Rosie Effect was a little disappointing by comparison.
But balance in comedy is a tricky thing. In The Rosie Project, the situations Don got himself into had just that touch of the incredible to induce a chuckle. The Rosie Effect piles on the gags and it gets a little exhausting after a while. It's not a bad book, but The Rosie Project was such a fun read that The Rosie Effect was a little disappointing by comparison.