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The Rosie Project by Graeme Simison

Initial Reactions

  • This isn’t even a joke -- book induced a 10 min simp season

  • I feel like this book is very unrealistic and this would never transpire in real life 

  • I feel like this was a good foray into a very different perspective 

  • Happy: 

    • Even people like Don Tillman can find love, it can happen to anyone

  • Sad: 

    • This is fiction after all, and people rarely get that storybook ending

    • The story is now over. That’s it.

  • Satisfied: 

    • Answered Rosie’s question while keeping her mother’s secret

      • Father is Phil, didn’t reveal mother’s infidelity 

  • The questionnaire, to a lesser extent, could be a good idea

  • Captivating book that I couldn’t put down

  • Really loved how you could see the progression of Don in how he thought and acted after meeting Rosie

  • Was confused who was the father in the end but ended up figuring it out

  • Love finds you, as opposed to you finding love

  • Keep an open mind

  • The questionnaire I thought was genius

    • I didn’t agree with Rosie’s take on it, but I see the root of the argument

  • The characters display something different in life

    • Gene is the animalistic side of a human

    • Claudia is the person who constantly helps others even through her pain

    • Don is the rational and logical side of humans

    • Phil is the voice inside our head that deals with the conflicts of life (the struggle between what is right)

Quotes unlike any other

I had temporarily been included in a culture that I considered closed to me.

'...Do not fuck with me, Don Tillman.' She said the last words quite slowly. I decided it was best not to fuck with her.

Emotions have their own logic.

 I asked you here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

And how could I be sure that other people were not doing the same—playing the game to be accepted but suspecting all the time that they were different?

Notes

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