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The Rosie Effect
by Graeme Simsion
I'm not going to deny that it took me a long time to get to this book. In fact, it has been well over a year, because I read 'The Rosie Project' while on holiday last year. Chick Lit is not my usual thing, but I enjoyed the first book so much that there was no way I wouldn't be excited about the second, and just recently I've been in the real mood for a book to make me laugh, which I KNOW the first book did. There's also the matter of Don being such a different narrator to the kind usually found in comedic stories, and I love the promotion of diverse characters and inclusion of mental health issues in this series.
So without further ado, how did it compare? Many people don't think that the second book had the same charm as the first and I would have to agree with them on some level. I feel that while Simsion tried very hard to keep the factors that made 'The Rosie Project' great in this book, he lost some of it in the process of trying to convey a more serious message. Book One was fun, light-hearted and made me laugh out loud a number of times. 'The Rosie Effect' included a lot of heavy discussions on a variety of topics such as nature vs. nurture, the suitability of parenting in those with mental health issues, normal and abnormal parenting models etc. These inclusions were not necessarily a bad thing, but they did change the tone of the book and I didn't find myself laughing quite as much as I ended up doing before. It made some characters, such as Rosie, less likeable too because instead of portraying them in a way that is funny, there was a lot more analysis on their actions and consequences.
That being said, I don't think that this installment in the series ruined it in anyway. I still ended up rooting for Don and Rosie as a couple (though the amount of alcohol she ended up consuming during the pregnancy was RIDICULOUS), and Simsion's writing was still witty and had that familiar free-fall of things going wrong before the climax of everything being resolved that I liked before. In fact, Simsion writes very well and I love how easy his books are to follow, even when a lengthy amount of time is left between them. Don is still by far the best-written character of any book and I grew to enjoy his very serious commentary on certain situations as well as his funny moments. For me, this was a great book that will be liked by fans of Book One though perhaps lacks some of the less serious 'relief' moments that I enjoyed before.
4 Stars
For a full review, see here: http://chasedbymyimagination.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/book-review-rosie-effect-graeme-simsion.html
So without further ado, how did it compare? Many people don't think that the second book had the same charm as the first and I would have to agree with them on some level. I feel that while Simsion tried very hard to keep the factors that made 'The Rosie Project' great in this book, he lost some of it in the process of trying to convey a more serious message. Book One was fun, light-hearted and made me laugh out loud a number of times. 'The Rosie Effect' included a lot of heavy discussions on a variety of topics such as nature vs. nurture, the suitability of parenting in those with mental health issues, normal and abnormal parenting models etc. These inclusions were not necessarily a bad thing, but they did change the tone of the book and I didn't find myself laughing quite as much as I ended up doing before. It made some characters, such as Rosie, less likeable too because instead of portraying them in a way that is funny, there was a lot more analysis on their actions and consequences.
That being said, I don't think that this installment in the series ruined it in anyway. I still ended up rooting for Don and Rosie as a couple (though the amount of alcohol she ended up consuming during the pregnancy was RIDICULOUS), and Simsion's writing was still witty and had that familiar free-fall of things going wrong before the climax of everything being resolved that I liked before. In fact, Simsion writes very well and I love how easy his books are to follow, even when a lengthy amount of time is left between them. Don is still by far the best-written character of any book and I grew to enjoy his very serious commentary on certain situations as well as his funny moments. For me, this was a great book that will be liked by fans of Book One though perhaps lacks some of the less serious 'relief' moments that I enjoyed before.
4 Stars
For a full review, see here: http://chasedbymyimagination.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/book-review-rosie-effect-graeme-simsion.html