Dear All,
Thank you for the opportunity to enjoy your company, the good food and
to share our thoughts on the long awaited (thanks to all of the endless
snow!!!) discussion of The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion, the sequel to the
The Rosie Project, that we read back in November 2013. We all agreed that
the first book was definitely funnier and a bit more enjoyable than the sequel.
Perhaps it was because the stakes were so much higher for Don Tillman, the
professor of genetics that we all fell in in love with in the Rosie Project.
After reading this book we weren’t so sure that we liked Rosie as much
as we did in the first book. At times, she came across as self-centered,
unreasonable and dishonest. Though some were quick to point out
that Don wasn’t entirely forthcoming with Rosie, particularly about Gene’s
arrival, the mishap during his children observation excursion and the series of
events that were unleashed as a result of Don’s naiveté and social
incompetence. That being said, the book did have its funny moments, like
the scene in the airplane with the air marshal. But in the end, we all
breathed a sigh of relief when all did work well for him, Rosie and Bud!
What we enjoyed the most out of our time together was simply being
able to sit back and truly enjoy each other’s company. We certainly
missed those who could not make it and actually spent a few minutes just
expressing how much we enjoyed that we get to get together for our book
discussions. Thank you, Robin for keeping us going strong! Jill
will host the next book club meeting and will be reaching out to us soon with
the title of the book she chooses for us to enjoy! Until next time!
Love,
Miggy
