A review by octavia_cade
The Rosie Project Box Set: The Rosie Project / The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion

funny medium-paced

3.0

I read and reviewed both of these books separately, so this is basically for my own records. Both books got three stars from me, so it was easy to rate the box set. They're fun romance stories, and Don has an amusing voice, although all the humour comes from a thought process that he doesn't find funny at all. Don isn't neurotypical, and his attempts to navigate the world around him, to fall in love and have children, are complicated by the fact that he finds it difficult to communicate effectively, and to empathise, with people who are. That said, he's still a genuinely good person, so I want to see him succeed... although, as I commented in both individual reviews, it does feel as though I'm expected to laugh at him, instead of with him, which is less rewarding.