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chrissie_whitley 's review for:
The Rosie Effect
by Graeme Simsion
As a sequel, The Rosie Effect is cute, quirky, and fun. While not quite as utterly delightful as the first Don Tillman book, [b:The Rosie Project|16181775|The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)|Graeme Simsion|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1371651741s/16181775.jpg|22084678], this sequel held its own with a relatable narrative, realistic characters, and downright human situations.
I loved the little ways in which Don was still the Don from the first book, but also the Don from now—who has shown growth and change from his experiences in The Rosie Project. I also liked the way Rosie was written. Having been pregnant twice myself, I related more easily to Rosie in this book than the Rosie in the last. Her situation, her irrationality, her irritability, her ups and downs, were more of an everywoman without detracting from who Rosie is as a character.
I do want to take a moment to address something I find a tad perplexing. I’m surprised and a little confused that many have this shelved as Chick-lit. It’s a continuing story, written by a man with a man narrating. What part makes this “Chick-lit”? The part where it would appeal to women to read it? That’s odd and limiting and I’m trying not to be baffled or offended by it. I am not a huge fan of labels, and Chick-lit is just a label, it’s not a defining genre to me. It's simply a generalization of literature written by women for women, typically featuring a woman as the main character where her life as a woman is central to the plot. That is not this book.
But, aside from any categorization issues, I found this to be an engaging and funny story, and a lovely sequel.
I loved the little ways in which Don was still the Don from the first book, but also the Don from now—who has shown growth and change from his experiences in The Rosie Project. I also liked the way Rosie was written. Having been pregnant twice myself, I related more easily to Rosie in this book than the Rosie in the last. Her situation, her irrationality, her irritability, her ups and downs, were more of an everywoman without detracting from who Rosie is as a character.
I do want to take a moment to address something I find a tad perplexing. I’m surprised and a little confused that many have this shelved as Chick-lit. It’s a continuing story, written by a man with a man narrating. What part makes this “Chick-lit”? The part where it would appeal to women to read it? That’s odd and limiting and I’m trying not to be baffled or offended by it. I am not a huge fan of labels, and Chick-lit is just a label, it’s not a defining genre to me. It's simply a generalization of literature written by women for women, typically featuring a woman as the main character where her life as a woman is central to the plot. That is not this book.
But, aside from any categorization issues, I found this to be an engaging and funny story, and a lovely sequel.