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by Graeme Simsion (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (July 21, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1476767327
  • ISBN-13: 978-1476767321
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.4 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsDIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST? "CORRECT." ANY LESS WONDERFUL? "INCORRECT," AS DON WOULD SAY.
By The Literacy Advocate on December 30, 2014
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Having worked with a number of students and adults with Asperger's Syndrome, I fell completely in love with THE ROSIE PROJECT and its perfect representation of the logos, ethos, and beautiful pathos of Professor Don Tillman. This sequel, aptly named THE ROSIE EFFECT, is a very different story, but no less interesting to tell or rewarding to read.

Rosie and Don are living in NYC, where Rosie is elbows deep in the challenge of a joint MD-PhD program at Columbia University, where Don is a visiting professor and researcher. Once again written in first-person limited point of view, we only know Don's side of the story, and what a story it is! His shenanigans are as complex and convoluted as we came to expect in THE ROSIE PROJECT, and author Graeme Simsion once again displays his brilliance at weaving crazily-cascaded series' of events as only Don Tillman could possibly create them. Don's true troubles begin when Rosie announces that she's pregnant. It's been hard enough for Don to adjust to his role as husband and defender, particularly when Rosie expects him to face down neighbors with whom she argues, and Don is struggling to handle multiple issues and avoid a personality "meltdown"...his greatest fear, which rears its head when he is at the end of his ability to cope. Whatever Rosie's expectations were (when she announced her pregnancy to Don) we never actually learn, since she does not articulate them. We watch as poor Don falls down the rabbit hole, trying to understand why Rosie is becoming more and more aloof. Their communication breaks down so miserably that there is more lie than truth, and eventually they retire to separate bedrooms.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe second Don and Rosie novel (4.5 stars)
By TChris TOP 500 REVIEWER on December 31, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Considering that I laughed all the way through The Rosie Project, it didn't surprise me that I started laughing on the first page of The Rosie Effect. Don Tillman, the narrator of the Rosie novels, is now a familiar character. In this case, familiarity breeds glee. This novel might not be quite as funny as the first, if only because the character of Don is less startling in this second encounter, but I still enjoyed it.

The Rosie Effect begins after Don and Rosie have been married for ten months. They are living in New York. Don is teaching at Columbia and Rosie is pursuing her doctorate. Don has managed to make new friends (he now has six), has abandoned the Standardized Meal System, and has agreed that sex should not occur on a fixed schedule. His otherwise orderly life is nevertheless unsettled by an unscheduled pregnancy that makes Rosie's emotions even more impossible for Don to predict.

The pregnancy also raises yet another problem that Don finds perplexing: Is Don fit to reproduce? Opinions are mixed. To address the issue, Don embarks on The Baby Project (i.e., he prepares for "baby production and maintenance"). His efforts are hampered by an interfering social worker who is offended by Don's lack of social skills. His life is further complicated by Gene, one of his six friends, a philandering psychology professor who comes to live with Don after his wife boots him out of the house.

As readers of The Rosie Project know, Don possesses the intellectual rigor of a dedicated scientist but has a shortage of empathy. Rosie has plenty of intellect but usually balances her left brain with her right.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsSomething dies in the narrative once the guy finally gets the girl.
By Bryan G on September 29, 2014
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We learned a long time ago from "Moonlighting" that something dies in the narrative once the guy finally gets the girl. And indeed what was fresh and funny in "The Rosie Project" has now become somewhat predictable and repetitive in "The Rosie Effect". Rosie herself has evolved from manic pixie dream girl into whiny PhD student, while our hero, Don, now seems to mostly lurch from one hijinks to another. There are some great moments, and there are some genuinely laugh-out-loud passages. But between these highlights are too many lists, spreadsheets, Capitalised Incidents and one-dimensional friends.

Fundamentally, the issue is that Don's panic at finding love was unique, but his panic at becoming a parent is a normal experience that every prospective dad goes through. A memorable love story has now been reduced to an "OMG, we're pregnant!" caper.

Unfortunately but inevitably, The Rosie Effect is unable to recapture the magic of its amazing predecessor.
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2.0 out of 5 starsUnbelievably Disappointing Sequel
By Clio Reads on January 14, 2015
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Last year when I read The Rosie Project, it blew me away. (My review here.) 5 stars, funniest book I'd read in ages, I bought copies for friends and family, I sung its praises to all who would listen. So I had high hopes for The Rosie Effect, but as is so often the case with sequels, I should have quit while I was ahead.

The Rosie Project was a joy to read. I devoured it in an afternoon. The Rosie Effect was the opposite: I had to keep taking breaks and thinking about other things because the reading experience was literally traumatizing. This is not a fun read. It's an engaging read, because I enjoyed Rosie and Don so much from the previous book that I pulled for them and wanted to know what would happen, but it's painful, frustrating, vicariously embarrassing, anxiety-provoking, anger-making, and sad.

And worst of all? It isn't funny.

For those not familiar with the Rosie phenomenon, Don Tillman is a genetics professor whose Asperger's Syndrome (on the autism spectrum) is obvious to everyone but him. Rosie is his medical student wife. She's working on her MD and her PhD at the same time, and as if she were not busy enough with her thesis and her clinical studies, she's now pregnant.

In Rosie Project, Rosie was able to use her admirable frankness and open communication to cut through and compensate for Don's social obliviousness. She was willing to be totally blunt and straight-forward in communicating her needs and expectations, because Don does not appreciate subtlety or nuance. In Rosie Effect, she has completely lost that gift, or perhaps she's just stretched too thin and lacks patience. At any rate, Rosie and Don are no longer communicating.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsPoor Don

Being a big fan of Don I was sad to see him end up with a loveless wife like Rosie. I skipped the pages where she treats him like a child and couldn't bear her constantly... Read more

Published 6 hours ago by Wim Murray
5.0 out of 5 starsWhat a funny, laugh out loud

What a funny, laugh out loud, read! My husband & I thoroughly enjoyed this book together. It stimulated LOTS of discussion! Read more

Published 1 day ago by Jennifer S. Mcdonald
4.0 out of 5 starsLaugh out Loud!!

A fabulous sequel to the Rosie Project!

Published 1 day ago by Robin McLean-Williams
5.0 out of 5 starsFun read

This was a fun and easy read. I applaud the author for so methodically speaking in the hero's curious voice. I think I liked this even better than the Rosie Project!

Published 2 days ago by ESB
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

Was very enjoyable read but ' jumped the shark'

Published 2 days ago by Weary1
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Good book. Enjoyable

Published 5 days ago by Cathleen Danowski
3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

Glad I read it. Not quite as good as The Rosie Project

Published 6 days ago by Connie Renne
3.0 out of 5 starsDon Tillman's effect!!

I think I got Don's effect!! The story was a bit slow in the first half but after that it was amazing. I couldn't put the book down till I finished it.

Published 7 days ago by Buppachart
5.0 out of 5 starsSuper-fun romp with an outrageously funny, straight-laced narrator

Super-fun romp with an outrageously funny, straight-laced narrator. Graeme Simsion captures the Asperger's personality perfectly. Laughed out loud! Moving on to the second book.

Published 9 days ago by yogadog1
4.0 out of 5 starsReally good book, very enjoyable

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