Jonetta's Reviews > The Rosie Project

Don Tillman is a 39-year old genetics professor who doesn't fit in well in social settings. When a friend tells him he'd make a good husband, he proceeds on a mission to find a suitable wife. As he proceeds with the Wife Project, another friend sends him a potential candidate, Rosie Jarman, who couldn't be more unsuitable (based on Don's criteria) but he becomes intrigued with her desire to find her biological father. As the two collaborate on the Father Project, they begin an often hilarious and always fascinating pursuit to identify Rosie's father through DNA.

Left to my own devices, I never would have given this book a second glance without my GR friends' recommendations so I'm grateful to them for this story. Don was just delightful in his painful honesty, almost like that of a child but a highly educated one. Rosie couldn't have been more perfect for him as she accepted him unconditionally. One of my most favorite scenes was the bartending gig as it showed Don in his true element, succeeding socially without really trying.

I listened to the story and while the narrator nails Don, his storytelling was a bit too fast paced between transitions. However, it still was funny and tragic and heartwarming and...just right. I'm not sure I'll read the second book because I loved how this one ended. Sometimes it's best to leave good memories alone.