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The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)

Graeme Simsion

Start date: January 2, 2015

Finish date: January 3, 2015

Discussion: 2015 Challenge Prompts

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2015 Challenge Prompts

Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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Aug 02, 2014 Celeste rated it it was amazing

I adored this book. It made me laugh out loud, which was embarrassing at times-as I was on the beach with my whole family. It also made me cry and my heart hurt, but it a good way. Great pick Jen!

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May 08, 2017 Leslie Jerkins rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobooks, 2017

So charming! Great on audio

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Jan 08, 2018 Megan rated it really liked it

Shelves: international-reads, contemporary, funny-humor-satire, tea-and-tomes-book-club-books, australia-and-new-zealand, library-loans

To be rated/reviewed after this month’s book club meeting

This was a great way to start the 2018 picks for book club! It was a fun and funny read that had me laughing out loud multiple times from start to finish. I enjoyed spending time with the endearing three-dimensionally written characters. Brilliant Australian DNA expert, Don Tillman, believes that he can find true love by administering a complex questionnaire to prospective soul mates. He dubs his project "The Wife Project," but it soon bec ...more

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Jun 15, 2017 Sam rated it it was ok

Shelves: book-club, rc2017

I am not the target audience for rom-com novels. This read like the worst of sappy movies playing on stereotypes and one dimensional characters. I had a lot of problems with this book from Rosie's unjustified hatred of her step-father, to Don's personality put down to plain quirkiness the plot hinges on bad tropes and tacky set-ups. Two stars, only because it was a fast read. ...more

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Sep 01, 2014 Jane rated it liked it

Light and funny. Autistic man creates a questionnaire to find a compatible wife. She has her own project--finding her biological father. Chaos ensues. Some of the writing is wonderful. The plot unfolds in a fairly predictable way. Still, very enjoyable.

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Mar 12, 2015 Megan rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, bookclub-ish, finished-2015

Don Tillman reminds me of Sheldon Cooper. This was a very enjoyable light read about a man with Asperger's Syndrome who sets out to find a wife... And finds love with the most unexpected of people. ...more

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Mar 16, 2016 Elizabeth rated it really liked it

I liked it a lot, although the ending was rushed and confusing.

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Oct 01, 2020 Bradley rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: year-2020-bookclub, year-2020

Read this in September 2020 for my book club. I was pleasantly surprised by The Rosie Project. The main character, Don, is on the autism spectrum and he decides that the best way to find a wife is to start a controlled experiment he dubs The Wife Project. When Rosie enters into his life, Don becomes sidetracked with helping her find her father. As the two work together and grow closer, Don starts to look at his life and The Wife Project in a new way

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Feb 18, 2015 Debbie rated it really liked it

Recommended by so many people that I didn't think I could wait until November, when my book club elected to read it. It was a perfect summer read - engaging, funny, romantic, a bit suspenseful, but not totally deep or necessary to pay careful attention to details. Like Don, this book is straightforward with some obvious structure and predictability, and I really like that... No need to change. :) ...more

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