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The Rosie Effect (Don Tillman, #2)

Graeme Simsion,

Maciej Potulny (Translator)

Start date: January 1, 2014

Finish date: February 1, 2015

Discussion leader: Rida Sajid

Why we're reading this: Best of 2014-Fiction
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Feb 28, 2017 Crisanda rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017

Everything that I loved about The Rosie Project didn't apply to The Rosie Effect. It wasn't humourous (I laughed just once), I hated selfish selfish Rosie and Graeme Simsion did that typical thing where things just keep going outrageously wrong until the very last second (view spoiler). I found it to be quite a tedious book to read. Disappointing! ...more

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Jul 21, 2015 Lisa rated it really liked it

I enjoyed this book but not quite as much as the first one. It did get better for me after the halfway point. Don is a trip and I love all of the "innocent" fiascos he gets himself into. ...more

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Dec 06, 2020 Robyn rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020, romance

Again, I seem to be starting a series, but not starting on the first book. I assume that there is a book that was released before this one, maybe even 2, I haven't really checked. That said, I didn't have any issues picking up on the undertones and currents without the benefit... so a stand-alone if you want it to be.

I enjoyed the silliness of the situations that Don finds himself in. He always seems to be on the verge of getting himself in trouble based on his inability to read emotion in the ...more

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Feb 08, 2015 Ginger rated it it was ok

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I've been putting off writing this review for the sole purpose that my mother told me if I wrote a bad review for "The Rosie Effect" she's cut me. I think she was only partially kidding.

This is going to be rather short and I'm not doing a synopsis like I usually would. The cheat sheet version (in case you did know) is that Don and Rosie are now living in New York and Rosie has just announced that she's pregnant. As you can imagine Don doesn't handle it like one might expect.

*Spoilers Ahead*

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I've been putting off writing this review for the sole purpose that my mother told me if I wrote a bad review for "The Rosie Effect" she's cut me. I think she was only partially kidding.

This is going to be rather short and I'm not doing a synopsis like I usually would. The cheat sheet version (in case you did know) is that Don and Rosie are now living in New York and Rosie has just announced that she's pregnant. As you can imagine Don doesn't handle it like one might expect.

*Spoilers Ahead*

I really enjoyed "The Rosie Project" it was a quick read and I was truly invested in the characters and what became of them. "The Rosie Effect" was ten steps back in that area. As I read I slowly began to hate Rosie and the way she was treating Don. She admits to getting pregnant on purpose without talking to him about it, she shuts him out of the pregnancy and in the end threatens to move back to Australia and take their child with her.

She doesn't understand, nor does it seem like she wants to, how Don is coping with the news of becoming a father. I'm sorry but you knew who he was and how he processed things when you married him, it's a little late to try to change him or his behavior.

There were some parts I liked, for instance, Don getting arrested at a playground for watching small children (for research, of course!). I honestly couldn't stop laughing, but these scenes were few and far between and were completely forgotten the moment that Rosie reentered the story.

It was as if she had been wiped completely clean of her charm and wit and lovable charisma and all that was left was a hollow shell of the old Rosie, taken over by, for lack of a better word, the worlds biggest bitch.

Perhaps I built up the second book to much, expected too much, thus setting it up for failure before I ever picked it up, but I can't imagine anyone who read the first book, who fell head over heels for the characters, liking "The Rosie Effect".

Until next time,
Ginger

In compliance with FTC guidelines I am disclosing that this book was given to me for free to review.
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Jul 25, 2022 Elina Mäkitalo rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Pidin valtavasti niin kuin ensimmäisestäkin osasta joskus aikaisemmin. Tämä on hieman erilaista romantiikkaa ja mielestäni teksti tuo hyvin esille sen että päähenkilö ei ole aivan normaali. Kuuntelin äänikirjana ja lukijakin oli hyvä, sopi hyvin lukemaan tätä kirjaa hyvin monotonisesti- toinen tyyli ei olisi sopinut ollenkaan. Kirja piti otteessaan alusta loppuun enkä olisi malttanut laskea kirjaa käsistäni.

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Oct 20, 2016 Kailey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I loved The Rosie Project and couldn't wait to read the sequel! Without giving away anything from the first book - the second one is never as great as the first. ...more

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