Graeme Simsion
The Rosie Project
This book is very different to anything I have read before in the romantic genre. It focuses on the point of view of Don, a socially awkward but intellectually gifted professor, as he decides that the time has come for him to find the woman to share his life with. He hasn’t anyone in mind, but knows that he wants somebody in particular, so devises a ‘find my wife’ questionnaire.
It is full of very strict conditions, and he doesn’t have much success in finding suitable candidates, despite having roped in his friends, a married couple who seem to have a semi functional relationship. His meeting with the Rosie of the title, doesn’t exactly inspire Don to think that he’s found his perfect match.
She’s the stereotypical wrong person, which is introduced into every romance novel. She’s got dyed hair, she’s clumsy, she’s emotional, everything that is wrong for Don.
Simsion’s skill lies in making Don endearing, and the fact that he is so socially awkward makes for a lot of the comedy in his encounters with Rosie, there is also a lot of sadness though, as a parallel story to Don’s search for a wife, is the fact that Rosie is trying to find her father.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and enjoyed the sequel as well. Simsion is definitely someone whose books I will be checking out in the future, whenever he publishes his next one.
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I'm a thirty something woman who lives in the north of England. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember, creating stories both written and verbal since childhood. While studying at Edge Hill College, I got several poems published by a small publisher in the USA, and in Europe. I have been part of several writing groups, and done quite a few courses in a attempt to hone my writing skills further. I love reading different genres of fiction, knowing that the best way to develop my own writing, and my vocabulary is by exposing myself to the different ways that other people choose to describe things.
The most recent writing course that I've been part of, run by a published author, included a exercise in which we were challenged to read things that we would never usually even look at.
It inspired me to take up a challenge. Namely to attempt to read at least one book by every author which is stocked in my local library. I soon realised that I was being far too ambitious, especially given the fact that every library rotates their stock too often for me to keep track.
I've decided to instead attempt to read a book every day, starting with a author whose surname begins with A, and ending with a author whose surname begins with Z. It doesn't matter what the topic of the book is, or if it's fiction or non fiction, everything is useful for me at the minute.
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