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Picked up from the library and started reading whilst waiting for my appointment with my GP. She was running an hour behind so I got a fair way into the book already lol
Re-read for my upcoming book club, and no real change in stars or review. Happy, feel-good, predictable. Old review remains unchanged:
Sometimes you don't need a Beloved, or a Suite Francaise, or even a Buddha in the Attic. Sometimes you just need light and funny and it is comforting to know that there are books out there that can perfectly deliver exactly what they promise. The Rosie Project won't change your life. It doesn't pretend to be the most literary of novels, nor does it shed major insi ...more
Sometimes you don't need a Beloved, or a Suite Francaise, or even a Buddha in the Attic. Sometimes you just need light and funny and it is comforting to know that there are books out there that can perfectly deliver exactly what they promise. The Rosie Project won't change your life. It doesn't pretend to be the most literary of novels, nor does it shed major insi ...more
This was incredibly fun - mostly it's lighthearted and funny, but it carries a certain emotional freight toward the end. Nota bene: near the start of the story, there's a characterization of folks with Aspergers as being unemotional, which got under my skin quite a bit (challenged in reading social cues is emphatically NOT the same as lacking emotions). But if that bothers you, I urge you to read on. Remember, this is a first-person narrative, and a lot of the story is about Don's assumptions ab
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Very fun light read about a man with Asperger’s looking for a life partner. Yes you have to suspend disbelief a bit but it was worth it.
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Kelly
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Tara Nichols
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