LoveReading Says
One of the Top 10 Lovereading Reader Review Panel Summer Read selections.
A thoroughly charming book from this witty and intelligent Australian writer. Don leads a very ordered life. He does not consider himself odd, does not notice how much he shares with a group of children with Asperger’s syndrome, approaches everything in a completely logical way. This logic extends into his search for a wife. It is easy to mock Don and see this purely as a kooky rom-com, but it is more. It is an exploration of society with all its preconceptions and unwritten rules. To fit in or not? How much to fit in? Should one try to change just to fit in? And change how much? Rosie guides Don and the reader through these challenges in what must be one of the most endearing books I have ever read. It will probably be one of my most memorable books of the year. ~ Sarah Broadhurst
One of our Books of the Year 2014.
Click here to view The Rosie Effect, the sequel to The Rosie Project which is out in paperback in February 2015.
January 2014 MEGA Debut of the Month.
We defy you not to absolutely love this quirky romantic gem of a book, that weirdly sits somewhere between One Day by David Nicholls, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time from Mark Haddon and Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding.
Professor Don Tillman leads a v. v. structured life; single, intelligent, tall, fit, heathy - unable to see why he can’t find a wife and unable to see he is really rather autistic... His hyper-rational solution is a 16 page questionnaire. But love does work in mysterious and irrational ways. Touching, insightful and v v funny, please read the Opening Extract - you will be hooked!
In addition to our Lovereading expert opinion for The Rosie Project a small number of Lovereading members were lucky enough to be invited to review this title - 'What a brilliant book... Please read it, he [the protagonist] will change your life' – Jayne Burton. Scroll down to read more reviews.
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The Rosie Project Synopsis
Discover the delightfully heartwarming and life-affirming bestseller about one man's unlikely journey through love, perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine THE INTERNATIONAL MILLION COPY BESTSELLER 'I couldn't put this book down. It's one of the most quirky and endearing romances I've ever read. I laughed the whole way through' SOPHIE KINSELLA 'Brilliant, important, good-hearted' GUARDIAN 'Original, clever and perfectly written' JILL MANSELL 'Superb. Endearing, charming and fascinating' THE TIMES 'Funny, charming and heart-warming. A gem of a novel' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Adorable' MARIAN KEYES ________ Love isn't an exact science - but no one told Don Tillman. A thirty-nine-year-old geneticist, Don's never had a second date. So he devises the Wife Project, a scientific test to find the perfect partner. Enter Rosie - 'the world's most incompatible woman' - throwing Don's safe, ordered life into chaos. But what is this unsettling, alien emotion he's feeling? . . . If you loved The Rosie Project, find out what happens next in The Rosie Effect and The Rosie Result! ________ 'All three of the Rosie novels made me laugh out loud. Ultimately the story is about getting inside the mind and heart of someone a lot of people see as odd, and discovering that he isn't really that different from anybody else' BILL GATES 'Exuberantly life-affirming' SUNDAY TIMES 'A completely charming story that is as engaging as it is funny' INDEPENDENT 'Compulsively readable. A poignant universal story' OBSERVER 'Such a joy to read - I honestly can't think of many books that I've enjoyed more. The definition of a comfort book. It made me laugh out loud more than any book before' MARIE CLARE 'Full of quirky humour and touching tenderness. Imagine the love child of Eleanor Oliphant ad Bridget Jones and you have this book' CULTUREFLY 'Marvellous' JOHN BOYNE 'Charming and hilarious' LUXE 'Hilarious, unlikely and heartbreaking' EASY LIVING Join the thousands of readers who have fallen in love with Don and Rosie . . . 'Touching and funny. There was not a page I turned where I was not rooting for the characters or smiling' 5* Reader Review 'Warm, wonderful and laugh out loud funny. Stays with you long after you have finished' 5* Reader Review 'Wonderful, touching, funny, very romantic. Glorious' 5* Reader Review 'Funny, poignant and original. The best romantic comedy I've read since Bridget Jones' 5* Reader Review 'Utterly, utterly brilliant! Captured my heart' 5* Reader Review 'A truly wonderful, warm-hearted story. Read it, you won't regret it!' 5* Reader Review 'If I could have given this book 6 stars, I would. Brilliant' 5* Reader Review
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