Love means facing fears and insecurities, finding a person who can take all of those and still want to stick around for the adventure.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. And by the end, the book explores when love should mean changing for the better or remaining true to yourself. They have a slap-stick ridiculousness that make Don’s abrasiveness become adorable and endearing. His antics reminded me of the mad cap romances of the 60s with Rock Hudson, Cary Grant, and James Garner opposite Doris Day. Don’s astute, yet brutally honest observations provide profound and ironic twists to the social games involved in finding love.ĭon’s personality in any social situation provides a catalyst for hilarity. He regularly has conundrums about human interaction, which the author cleverly uses to speak a fresh truth about human nature. He’s not emotional in the least, and he only makes rational, evidence-based decisions. He can help Rosie with genetic testing, and Rosie can provide analysis to improve his “Wife Project.” Of course, Don soon realizes that love, despite all of the evidence against it, sometimes comes along anyway.ĭon’s narrative provides almost a foil to conventional romances. But then, he meets Rosie Jarman, a person who (statistically speaking) doesn’t make the cut, but Rosie needs Don for her own lofty project: finding her biological father.

He calls it “The Wife Project,” a 16-page survey to filter out any unsuitable prospects.

Like any good scientist, Don creates a study. Statistically speaking, his chances of health and happiness increase with finding a suitable partner, but he excels at completely bombing any and all social interaction with other people, especially women. I finished this delightful little novel in about two days.ĭon Tillman is a genetics professor ready to settle down and find a wife. So, now that you know where I’m coming from, let me introduce you to The Rosie Project by Graeme Simpson. And completely far-fetched, over-the-top characters? I’m done. “His smile didn’t quite reach his eyes?” Pass. Because of this, I rarely recommend romance novels.įormulaic plot? Nope. But finding a good one seems to be just as illusive as a spunky leading lady finding her knight on a white horse.

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