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nialiversuch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Death, Cursing, Misogyny, Ableism, and Medical content
Minor: Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Suicide, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Blood
juli_khn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Classism, Death, Dementia, Cursing, Sexism, Death of parent, and Fatphobia
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Dementia, Blood, Mental illness, Animal death, Sexism, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Car accident, Ableism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Classism, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Suicide
bookishdiya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Infidelity and Medical content
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Dementia, Car accident, Grief, Suicide, and Mental illness
beckyyreadss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This book is based on Don Tillman. He is a professor of genetic and has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a wonderful husband, his first reaction is shock. Yet he comes to believe that there is someone for everyone and he embarks upon The Wife Project. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which he approaches all things, Don set out to find the perfect partner. She will be punctual and logical – most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker or someone who is late. Yet Rosie Jarman is all of these things. She is also very intelligent and she is on a quest of her own. She is looking for her biological dad – a search that a certain DNA expert might be able to help with. Don’s Wife Project takes a back burner to the Father Project and an unlikely relationship blooms, forcing the scientifically minded geneticist to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie and the realization that love is not always what looks good on paper.
This book is like if Sheldon dated Penny instead of Amy in the Big Bang and I loved the concept. Don reminds of a mix of Sheldon and Spencer Reid and that like smartness and control that he wants to have on his life. Then Rosie just comes in and is like let's have something else and let's get drunk. My favourite part of this book was Don realizing he loved her but the fact that us as readers could tell he loved her way before he did, with how he was thinking and the actions he was doing like making sure she got home okay, checking in on her. It hurt to my heart to see him stress over the sex aspect on his relationship and Rosie’s reaction to him stressing. Also, I got completely invested on who Rosie’s dad is and the fact that we got an answer to this.
As I'm writing this review, I have realised that there is a second and third book that was written and they have been instantly added to the TBR and the second one has been purchased instantly. This was an unexpected favourite and I can’t wait to read more on Don and Rosie.
Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol