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February 23, 2015
This sequel to 2013’s The Rosie Project finds brilliant but socially inept Australian geneticist Don Tillman married to medical grad student Rosie Jarman and living in N.Y.C. Don’s orderly life is upended when Rosie gets pregnant and Don’s friend Gene moves in with them. Much of the humor involves Don’s mishaps as he struggles to manage things in a logical way, while misinterpreting social situations and taking
people’s words too literally (he doesn’t get sarcasm, rhetorical questions, or hyperbole). In the wrong hands, this
type of character might come across as unemotional or cold, but Australian
narrator O’Grady strikes the perfect chord, conveying Don’s earnest desire
to do the right thing, his befuddlement when he messes up, and his genuine love for Rosie—all with Don’s rigid thought process and likable quirkiness. O’Grady also does a good job differentiating between different characters: he speaks in a higher register for women and uses a tough-guy voice for a cop, and even makes a somewhat successful attempt at a New York accent for several characters. This is an excellent narration of a highly entertaining story. A S&S hardcover.
July 11, 2014
The Rosie Project’s Don Tillman is back—and so is his odd behaviour. Married for nearly 12 months, Don and Rosie have relocated to New York, where, as you would expect, nothing is going smoothly. An unplanned pregnancy, a divorce, an unexpected house guest and a potentially criminal incident in a playground send Don into a panic. And while Don’s unconventional coping mechanisms seem completely logical to him, they will have the reader yelling: ‘No Don, that’s not the way to do things!’ Though Rosie is accustomed to Don’s behaviour, his impending fatherhood finds her questioning her past and future. There are some heart-wrenching moments in this book when you truly wonder whether Don’s world is about to come tumbling down around him. Graeme Simsion has perfected the art of making the reader feel viscerally uncomfortable with some of Don’s antics, and yet you can’t help but love Don despite them all. Poignant and charming, The Rosie Effect will be just as popular as the Project.
Louise Fay is the special orders manager at Dymocks Adelaide
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