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  • The Rosie Project

  • By: Graeme Simsion
  • Narrated by: Dan O'Grady
  • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (3,721 ratings)

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The Rosie Project

By: Graeme Simsion
Narrated by: Dan O'Grady
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Summary

Shortlisted for the 2014 Indie Awards

The downloadable, audiobook edition of Graeme Simsion’s prize-winning romantic comedy The Rosie Project, read by the actor Dan O’Grady.

Meet Don. Don is a genetics professor who just might be somewhere on the autistic spectrum. He looks a little like Gregory Peck and is getting married. He just doesn’t know who to yet. But he has designed a very detailed questionnaire to help him find the perfect woman. And it’s definitely not Rosie. Absolutely, completely, definitely not .Rosie, meanwhile, isn’t looking for love; she’s looking for her biological father. Sometimes, though, you don’t find love: love finds you...

©2013 Graeme Simsion (P)2013 Penguin Audio
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Fabulous story and beautifully narrated

What did you like most about The Rosie Project?

Quirky subject matter, a Professor with mild Asperger's sets out to find himself a wife and ends up with the opposite of what he thought he wanted but gradually he allows himself to adapt and change (not sure how realistic this is among Aspergics) so that he begins to enjoy living a different kind of life.

What other book might you compare The Rosie Project to, and why?

The Curious incident of the Dog in the nighttime, also: Alex Woods versus the Universe.

Any additional comments?

We did this book for our book club and everyone really loved it

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Amazing story

Really wonderful story, characters are very relatable and you really want them to succed. The main chanracter, although a little different has been written so that you really understand who he is. Only downside is that I guessed the end from the start.

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David Lodge eat your heart out

What did you like most about The Rosie Project?

This is an almost perfect novel with gems in almost every aspect. The mix of Asbergers, genetics, romance and academia shouldn't work but it does, in spades

What other book might you compare The Rosie Project to, and why?

Any David Lodge novel

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The scenes were seamless and so impossible isolate any particular one.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

See above

Any additional comments?

A novel which leaps into 'most favourite in 2014' so far. The reader did his job superbly and the story kept me so absorbed that I missed the M6 because I was chortling so much!

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loved it

as someone who is autistic himself I found it really enjoyable. some of the social faux pars were very close to home. funny story with brilliant narration. highly recommended. D

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Good fun with very touching moments

I listened to this book as it was recommended as I’d enjoyed
‘Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine’
and yes it was similar as the main characters struggle in social situations, both definitely on the spectrum. Some have criticised these books for poking fun at people with MH issues, but I personally feel, telling it this way possibly helps you understand how difficult it is for people in these situations and how when they are with people like Rosie who are non judgmental in their company, their lives are enhanced.
Many laugh out loud moments and many very moving moments, also narrated perfectly. Enjoy

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Hilarious from the start to the finish

This is excellent. I'm only sad there isn't more of it - the characters and story are fantastic

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Extremely funny book

it's always a risk to try something new, and I'm really glad I took a chance on this book.
Fabulous delivery by the narrator, and hugely funny.
Great entertainment!

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Brilliant!

I loved this book. Original, funny, moving, quirky. Really well narrated. Can't recommend it enough!

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Serendipity

Not a book I would have gone looking for, more fool me! A wonderful idea, narration excellent, heart-stopping statements delivered dead-pan, intriguing, funny, just loved it.

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Entertaining

Great fun to listen to. The voice and the narrator of the book are very well matched.

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