Gina’s Review: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

The Rosie Project 
written by Graeme Simsion
published by Simon & Schuster, 2013

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Did I enjoy this book: This quirky little romantic comedy worked its way into my heart. Don and Rosie are my new favorite literary couple. This book has everything from science and psychology to kissing and dancing . . . I especially liked the kissing and dancing. The banter is one of my favorite parts of the book. There are tons of funny, quotable lines in this book.

My book club really knows how to pick the good ones. I can’t wait to read the sequel!

 

 

Would I recommend it: YES!

About the book – from Goodreads: An international sensation, this hilarious, feel-good novel is narrated by an oddly charming and socially challenged genetics professor on an unusual quest: to find out if he is capable of true love.

Don Tillman, professor of genetics, 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 must concede to the statistical probability 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 sets out to find the perfect partner. She will be punctual and logical—most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver.

Yet Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also beguiling, fiery, intelligent—and on a quest of her own. She is looking for her biological father, a search that a certain DNA expert might be able to help her 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.

The Rosie Project is a moving and hilarious novel for anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of overwhelming challenges.