The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Synopsis
The art of love is never a science: Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially inept professor of genetics, who’s decided it’s time he found a wife. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs the Wife Project to find his perfect partner: a sixteen-page, scientifically valid survey to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the late arrivers.
Rosie Jarman possesses all these qualities. Don easily disqualifies her as a candidate for The Wife Project (even if she is “quite intelligent for a barmaid”). But Don is intrigued by Rosie’s own quest to identify her biological father. When an unlikely relationship develops as they collaborate on The Father Project, Don is forced to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie―and the realization that, despite your best scientific efforts, you don’t find love, it finds you.
Review
This novel got such great reviews and not less than four people told I just HAD to read this book. I thought it looked cute and quirky - which it was. But beyond that this book completely fell flat for me. It was insanely boring and predictable. I hate to say that, because I love all books. But for the sake of honesty, this one just didn't do it for me. I felt like the author was writing a book he wanted to be a movie instead of just sitting down to write a great story. And while there is nothing wrong with a good rom-com movie, I have come to expect a little more meat to a book.
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