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The Rosie Effect
by Graeme Simsion
Damn it. I wanted to utterly love this book. I loved the first one, The Rosie Project, but the second one just failed for me. It made a mistake that many second books make. Let's have a character suddenly decided to be angry about something he/she had already decided to accept. Calamity arises. Once again, character decides to live with the issue. I really disliked Rosie in this book. She knew damn well what Don was like. She chose to to try and conceive without discussing it with him and then is annoyed because he's not on board with her plan immediately. Then she resents how he acts throughout the book.
The book series has been built on Don being an undiagnosed Aspie. Don has already proven that he does not understand or see the need to lie-he tried to have a student expelled for cheating. The idea that he would be able to carry out a long convoluted lie is ridiculous. The concern for stress infused high cortisol levels is a good reason to lie at first, but then it gets out of hand. Why does Don not worry about Rosie's stress when she's contemplating leaving him? Also, the idea the an apartment in NY would be big enough to have two bathrooms and have Rosie never go into it and Don's drawings is absurd. If that isn't enough, having a social worker be that unprofessional as to treat someone she had met before is insane. Lydia could have lost her license over that. Ludicrous.
I ended up just being angry at the end of this book. So much opportunity lost. I am rereading The Rosie Project again so I can start liking the characters again. If I'm honest though, I have to say Don getting in trouble for trying to film kid in the park was utterly hilarious. That was a classic scene and just brilliant. I hope there is a third and even first book if the writer can return to his roots. Seeing Don as a parent would be fantastic. But please, burn the Rosie Effect, that does not deserve to be remembered.
The book series has been built on Don being an undiagnosed Aspie. Don has already proven that he does not understand or see the need to lie-he tried to have a student expelled for cheating. The idea that he would be able to carry out a long convoluted lie is ridiculous. The concern for stress infused high cortisol levels is a good reason to lie at first, but then it gets out of hand. Why does Don not worry about Rosie's stress when she's contemplating leaving him? Also, the idea the an apartment in NY would be big enough to have two bathrooms and have Rosie never go into it and Don's drawings is absurd. If that isn't enough, having a social worker be that unprofessional as to treat someone she had met before is insane. Lydia could have lost her license over that. Ludicrous.
I ended up just being angry at the end of this book. So much opportunity lost. I am rereading The Rosie Project again so I can start liking the characters again. If I'm honest though, I have to say Don getting in trouble for trying to film kid in the park was utterly hilarious. That was a classic scene and just brilliant. I hope there is a third and even first book if the writer can return to his roots. Seeing Don as a parent would be fantastic. But please, burn the Rosie Effect, that does not deserve to be remembered.