The Rosie Project
Ratings319
Average rating3.9
Buenísima lectura en tono de comedia, cuyo argumento gira principalmente alrededor de un personaje principal tan peculiar y socialmente disfuncional con el que es imposible no sentirse al menos un poco identificado. Su forma de vivir y las perspectivas con que observa al mundo son tan curiosas como efectivas, aún cuando vayan en contra de su propia felicidad o satisfacción personal.
Semejante visión de lo que le rodea garantiza carcajadas a plena garganta, así que absténganse de leerlo en el transporte público!
Too cutesy with a protagonist who is utterly unlikable. I'm sure we'll all learn some valuable lessons about love but who gives a fuck. I prefer Edward Stanton.
Strong characters, with a nice plot. A few twists along the way, but nothing really that unexpected.
A better romcom than most, with characters that actually changed.
I liked the endearing parts of this book, but the “humor” was not it for me. I have issues with being gullible and overly literal in social situations and most of the comedic aspects of this book are laughing at Don's misunderstanding in any given moment. I liked that Rosie saw Don and met him where he was. I hated the constant mention of BMI. This is not my brand of romance or comedy. Daphne and Don's relationship was the best part and worth the 3 stars alone.
I went into this book completely unaware of what it was about. It's been sitting in my audible library forever and I decided it was time to give it a listen. Well, I get why people like this book, however, we've come a long way since 2013, and I just don't feel comfortable with a book written about a MC with Aspergers by an author without it. I'd much rather read something by an Own Voices author. I could critique the content more, but i found this book very off putting especially by the behavior of the neurotypical love interest who is also a psych phd candidate.
Author did a great job at world building and made the characters feel very realistic.
Such a cute and easy read (or listen, in my case). You love all the characters and you can see what's coming but still enjoy the journey there.
I also surprisingly loved having an Aussie audiobook narrator for once.
An easy read, and modestly enjoyable, but mostly cliche and a bit problematic in ways that are not egregious enough for me to expound upon here. My mom said it was like reading Sheldon from Big Bang in a cutesy romance novel and that sums it up pretty perfectly.
Way to go, Melbourne based author. Not taking this too seriously, it was just good fun
And really cool to read something that came out of workshopping within a University /institutional education context (RMIT / 16th Street etc etc)
I read this book thinking of Sheldon from Big Bang Theory - with his spot he likes to sit in and eating certain foods on certain days, it was similar. It was a little predictable but I did enjoy it and had a few laugh out loud moments!
I have mixed feelings. It was a funny page-turner.
The underlying theme seemed somewhat contradictory; how love is about accepting people as they are and not trying to change them but also how love changes people and leads them to question their assumptions and expectations. I think this could have used some more exploration, but the ending is pretty abrupt and unambiguous.
Put simply, Don didn't do for me what Eleanor Oliphant's character did. The story was sympathetic, but the characters were relatively lacking depth and nuance.
Buku adult contemporary yg berbeda dgn yg pernah kubaca sebelumnya.
Di awal2 si tokoh utama Prof Don Tillman diceritakan memberi seminar ttg Asperger Syndrome. Aku mengetahui mengenai Asperger dari serial Parenthood, kemudian dari film My Name Is Khan. Nah mmg gk ada penjabaran kalo si Don ini punya Asperger krn POV nya dia sbg org pertama, namun kalo melihat dari aktivitas & keseharian dia, juga mengenai karakter & perilaku, si Don ini punya Asperger.
Isinya sbnrnya lucu menurutku krn Don dgn Aspergernya dianggap sbg org aneh oleh org lain, namun dia sdr menganggap org lain yg aneh. Dia membuat kuisioner untuk proyek istri, yaitu mencari wanita yg cocok menjadi istrinya. Namun sejak ketemu Rosie yg sangat gk sesuai untuk menjadi istri menurut Don malah membuat Don melakukan hal2 diluat rutinitasnya. Disinilah kelucuan2 muncul.
I hesitate about the amount of stars. The beginning of this book was very witty, I kept laughing out loud. Towards the end is lost a lot of momentum, and it got less funny. I do not think that great books lose momentum ever.
Nonetheless, the hilarious so-called autistic inner dialogue of the protagonist was most enjoyable. For that alone the book deserves four stars.
After looking at the cover of this book for several years and assuming for some reason (?) it was about a child, this book took me completely by surprise. Although he did remind me at times of Sheldon from The Big Bang theory, the protagonist is a character unlike any other. His quest for self understanding, and his struggle to reconcile rationality with emotion, was at times hilarious, always interesting, and consistently well written. I loved this book and have already begun the sequel!
The journey can still be fun even if you already know the destination.
A very good book. Very funny, I enjoyed reading this one. This genetist is such a funny man with his habits and his tries to get a wife.
Challenge: Read a book set somewhere you always wanted to visit
I really liked the beginning of this book. I laughed a lot with Don's comments and observations and I thought it was quite interesting to read a romantic story from the man's point of view.
That being said, I had to force myself to finish it. By the time Rosie was introduced and her whole story arc was presented with the Father Project, I had lost my interest. None of the jokes seemed funny to me anymore, half of the characters annoyed me SO MUCH and the situations they got themselves into seemed silly to say the least.
Chick lit and romantic novels are always quite impossible to believe but I just could not see how this pair could actually fall in love. They had NOTHING in common; their personalities just didn't match, so much so that Don had to change his entire behavior in order for Rosie to end up with him. I think that was my biggest issue with it. The author went to great lengths to make the reader like Don and sympathize with him, just to make him change most of himself and force him to fit in.
After the first pages, I expected a lot but my expectations were not met.
Enjoyable, humorous, and all around entertaining. Like reading a romantic comedy through Sheldon Cooper's eyes.