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Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1925240444
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1925240443
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.04 x 1.18 x 7.72 inches

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Graeme Simsion is a former IT consultant and the author of two nonfiction books on database design who decided, at the age of fifty, to turn his hand to fiction. His first novel, The Rosie Project, was published in 2013, followed by sequels The Rosie Effect and The Rosie Result. The books have sold some 5 million copies in 40 languages. Graeme's other international bestsellers include The Best of Adam Sharp and Two Steps Forward (sequel Two Steps Onward) written with his wife, Anne Buist. The Novel Project is a step-by-step guide to writing. His latest book is Creative Differences and Other Stories; the title story is a novella about a writing couple. Graeme lives in Australia and is a frequent speaker at book events and writing seminars.

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Linda M. Maass

Good Follow Up to First Book

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2024

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Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2017

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The Rosie Effect will not make much sense unless you read the first book The Rosie Project. The author did his best to get into the mind of a person affected by high functioning autism although I never got the impression that the character, Don, considered himself as being on the autism spectrum as he never identified himself as such but only claimed that he was wired differently. He seemed to be shocked and offended when compared to "RainMain" , the Dustin Hoffman movie's autistic character, by a minor character and even goes so far as to say that a world full of Rainman would be dysfunctional and a disaster, but a world full of people like him world be organized and efficient. I disagree on that point. His logic in thinking this is that he believes he can function without help, he has a job and is now married whereas Rainman is dependent, can't get a job and makes no contribution to society. Yet he ignores the fact that he has around him people to help him cope and filter and understand and help him maneuver through the world's conceived insanity. Without them he is almost unemployable himself and probably couldn't hold a job if it weren't for an understanding Dean who can look beyond his annoying quirkiness and set him up so that he can be successful in the academic setting. The Dean at Columbia even had to get him a special Visa in order for him to be able to get on a plane and has acquired him special privileges through security that even include the use of the airport lounge as well as other preferential treatment. Although in his mind, he thinks he deserves it because he gave the airport security on numerous occasions a discourse in mind numbing detail on all the security risks and how to make it more efficient. In truth, without the intercession of the Dean he would probably be put on the terrorist watch list and never allowed to fly again. As such I found that particular incite on Rainman's dependent state to be very shortsighted and a little on the condescending side. Especially since I happen to have a son that is more like Rainman and less like Don, the main character. He has difficulty communicating, tends to hyper focus on laundry ( which is a plus in my book, I hate doing laundry) but has a job, is learning to drive and is a valued member of our family. Who knows what Rainman could have done had he not been institutionalized and expected to do nothing but sit and watch tv. My son also has one thing that Don doesn't. He doesn't feel the need to learn to deceive and lie. Which unfortunately is what happens to Don. Don must learn empathy for his pregnant wife, make plans to solve everyone else's problems while his own marriage falls into the dumps and in the process learns to keep secrets and deceive her in order to keep her from being stressed. She in turn thinks he is disconnected with the baby and is concerned about his ability to bond and be the Father that she wants. But she has her own set of debilitating problems. He feels he can't talk to her about his plans for becoming the perfect husband and father because he takes everything she says literally when she says she doesn't want to talk about it. Then to make matters worse he has to lie and deceive her about all the mishaps he has gotten himself into with the law by innocently taking the advice of a live-in psychologist to study children by watching them on the playground (Apparently in New York that is illegal especially to video tape them if you are not at the park with another child under the age of 12.) He doesn't want to tell her or get her involved because he is afraid of raising her cortisol level due to stress and thus harming the baby, which he refers to as Bud (Baby under development). The rest of the book is just one bad decision after another by both main characters as they try to cope and overcome their own forms of disabling behaviors. That's not to say it isn't funny at times, it was just sad as a parent of a child with autism to see one that starts out honest and to the point, become entwined in a web of lies because that is more socially acceptable. For that purpose I think it is a good read. As children we start out innocent, then we learn to lie and put on our masks in order to make ourselves cool and fit in. I'm not sure when that begins but it is a shame that it has to happen especially when everyone touts just be yourself. Unless of course your are considered weird by the majority of people in the room. Then pretend your someone else.

In short it is a good book worth the read. On the side it is also very much on the nose when it discusses the problems of clinical studies and how biases contaminate them, but definitely read the The Rosie Project first or you won't appreciate the characters as much and you might get a little lost on who is who.

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Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2014

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Don Tillmann is a genetics professor at Melbourne University and what outsiders would call socially inept… In fact, he is very much “suffering” from Asperger’s syndrome - a form of autism that yields incredible intellectual skills, but also the inability to empathise and relate to feelings, and the very obsessive compulsion to live life in a very rational and scheduled way.

But since he met Rosie Jarman his life was pretty much turned upside down, and he fell in love with this quirky woman who is totally his opposites. After a year of marriage, Rosie drops an unexpected bomb on Don: they are expecting their first child. Clearly, the couple had spoken about “reproducing”, but it had never been “scheduled”. After an initial freak out, Don is committed to making this situation work, but he is plagued of the assessment that other people made of him, and which is that he would never be a good father…
First of all, please note that the Rosie Effect is the sequel to the Rosie Project and you definitely need to have read this book before moving on to the Rosie Effect. The Rosie Effect picks up exactly a year after The Rosie Project, which means one year into Rosie and Don’s marriage. They are now living in New York, and have made a few friends there, and seem to be living a good life and have learned to accept and deal with each others’ differences.

While I was anxious to read about Don becoming a father (and how he would cope with this completely new situation), I was fairly disappointed. Don’t get me wrong: Don was his usual quirky, charming and lovely self. But I have come to develop a strong distaste of Rosie. Indeed, Don is making huge progress with become more social, and with interpreting things like body language or sarcasm. Still, he is so enamored with Rosie that he drinks her every word. He is so afraid of doing things wrong that he believe everything she says.

And while Rosie is becoming more and more bitchy because of the pregnancy, she asks for more space and is obviously pushing him away. This comforts Don in his belief that he will never be a good father-figure. However, he is more interested in the pregnancy than other fathers-to-be (even though he likes to go into some unnerving technicalities, being the science geek that he is). He shows his interest in somewhat unconventional ways, so Rosie pushes him back. And finally, he respects her wish for space and never gets to touch her, sleep with her, or be intimate with her, even though he longs for it unconsciously.

While The Rosie Project was an endearing, funny and charming book, it’s sequel The Rosie Effect did not really cut it for me. I just couldn’t believe that the Rosie and Don we know from The Rosie Project would act that way, and I spent 80% of the book shaking my head because of the awfully unfair things that happen to Don, which he really doesn’t deserve…

It’s not a total fail, because there are some fun scenes and Don is his charming self, but if you’re anything like me, you’ll end up getting frustrated because of Rosie and all the unnecessary drama.

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Diana Shapiro

Charming page turner

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2023

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This is the second in a charming series by Graeme Simsion. Follow the adventures of Don, who is on the Autistic spectrum, as he learns how to navigate life, marriage, friendships etc. Don is very lovable character who gets himself into all kinds of scrapes because he doesn't behave the way "normal" people do. The book is funny, clever, and engaging!

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024

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The sequel to the Rosie Project keeps up the momentum of interest in the cast of characters. There are twists and turns in working through a relationship. The author maintains the warmth and quirkiness of the story in the sequel. A fun read.

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2024

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This is a most interesting and entertaining series of the story of a couple.

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Jay F

2nd in the series.

Reviewed in Canada on December 12, 2023

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Uploaded book one on audible but this book was not available. I enjoyed the story and quirkiness of the main character

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Tilly Harrison

Second in series - even better than the first

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2023

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Having read the Rosie Project we were hooked and had to read the follow-up. Here the couple are married and expecting a baby. This is treated with much humour as well as drama and pathos. A brilliantly written book showing how major challenges can be overcome. A must-read if you have read the first book in the series.

Cristina Vaz

Excelente

Reviewed in Spain on September 26, 2020

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Imperdible!!!! Hilario!!!! Lo disfrutarás!!!! Me ha gustado tanto que he comprado el siguiente libro .... una continuación de la historia !!!

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Isak

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Reviewed in Italy on April 7, 2020

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