The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Title: The Rosie Project
Author: Graeme Simsion
Type:  Novel
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Series: Yes, Don Tillman #1
Pages: 295
Copyright: 2013
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Rating: 4 out of 5


Summary: from Goodreads
An international sensation, this hilarious, feel-good novel is narrated by an oddly charming and socially challenged genetics professor on an unusual quest: to find out if he is capable of true love.

Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a “wonderful” husband, his first reaction is shock. Yet he must concede to the statistical probability that there is someone for everyone, and he embarks upon The Wife Project. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which he approaches all things, Don sets out to find the perfect partner. She will be punctual and logical—most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver.

Yet Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also beguiling, fiery, intelligent—and on a quest of her own. She is looking for her biological father, a search that a certain DNA expert might be able to help her with. Don's Wife Project takes a back burner to the Father Project and an unlikely relationship blooms, forcing the scientifically minded geneticist to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie—and the realization that love is not always what looks good on paper.

The Rosie Project is a moving and hilarious novel for anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of overwhelming challenges.

Feelings: 
I really enjoyed reading this book I wasn't sure at first if it would be hard to read a book from the perspective of a rather socially inept person. However, I found Don to be a very easy character to connect with. 

Don likes to name everything in his life to help keep order. The two sentences of the book are a great example of this.

 I may have found a solution to the Wife Problem. As with so many scientific breakthroughs, the answer was obvious in retrospect.  (p. 1)

I love the opening of the story and it is a great introduction to what Don is going to be like to spend time with as a character.

I highly recommend this book.