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Don and Rosie have an eleven-year old son named Hudson. Hudson is very smart but having trouble fitting in at school. Don is struggling with his work due to an experiment he completed during one of his classes that was taken the wrong way. Don does not want Hudson to struggle socially like he did, so he implements the Hudson Project. Don is going to show Hudson how to be socially accepted. Can the Hudson Project be successful?
The Rosie Result is the third book in the Don Tillman story. I was introduced to Don and Rosie when my online book club selected The Rosie Project and quickly read the second book, The Rosie Effect. I was thrilled when I had the chance to read this book! It is just as amazing as the first two books. I love Don, Rosie, and Hudson. The entire series is a refreshing glimpse into the world of people who do not think and act exactly like everyone else. I highly recommend this book!
I love this series and was so excited to read this third book. This book takes place years after Don and Rosie get married and their child, Hudson, is 12 years old. Hudson has some of the same difficulties that Don did growing up and Don and Rosie work together and compromise to help Hudson. I loved watching Don process through problems and watching Hudson grow. The cast of characters is so fun and they really make the statement "It takes a village" come alive.
First, a big thanks to the author and publisher for gifting me a digital ARC of this title via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
I have read the author's first two Don TIllman books and really enjoyed them. They are enjoyable, touching, funny real life stories about a man with autistic characteristics learning to be social, develop relationships, and grow professionally. I was so excited to see the third book out and to receive an advanced copy. This newest title in the series didn't disappoint. It had the same feelings and flow that drew me into the first two. How could you not like Don and Rosie- they immediately grow on you and you want to cheer for them both as they reach for their own goals and support each other professionally and in their marriage. They are relatable, likable, and humorous. Its been fun to be along on their journey with them from their first meet, through dating, on to marriage, and now in raising their son who is having difficulties at school . I like that family comes first in these novels and that despite personal professional goals, they are both willing to adjust to support one another and to do what is best for their marriage and their family. They look at things in unconventional ways which is refreshing and makes you look at how you are handling things in your own life. What Don and Rosie choose, may not seem realistic for the majority, but it works for them and at least shows that thinking outside of the box is oftentimes more beneficial- and more fun. I'd highly recommend this series and it's newest title to friends and family. Very enjoyable read.
The third novel is an absolute joy. Better than the first time readers were introduced to Don Tillman. The topics covered in this novel will generate great intellectual conversations and should definitely be included in Book Clubs.
I have now read all the books in this trilogy and I still really don't know how I feel about these characters and the plot. I feel like I read through everything just to see where this story would go.
I can't really say if I had any true strong feelings toward this book other than it was fine. Nothing seemed really different from the other two books.
I've enjoyed the other Rosie books and was really looking forward to reading this one, but it just didn't live up. I found myself struggling through it. The story never grabbed my attention and I struggled to stay awake.
Wonderly delightful. Read the first 2 in the Rosie series and this one falls right in line with the others. Picking up some years later, don now has a son just as quirky as he is. It goes through the struggles of parenthood and how you can’t and can parent your child and makes it absolutely relatable. Couldn’t stop reading. Hope he comes out with another so we can continue on his journey. Strongly recommend if you loved the Rosie series as much as I do!
The Don Tillman story continues! I was thrilled to hear that there would be a third book! Simsion does it again. Don and Rosie are as sweet, quirky, and fun as ever before. The trials and tribulations of raising Hudson prove to be a worthwhile new project for Don. Loved the book! Maybe a fourth book?!
This was a sweet closure to The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect. The Rosie Result is a slight misnomer, as the story focuses on "The Hudson Project" - Don and Rosie's son. It is an endearing story of family, friendship, and trying to fit in when you are different. This book doesn't have quite the magic that the original "The Rosie Project" has, but all in all, I really enjoyed it, and I definitely recommend this to people who have already read the first two books and are looking for a conclusion to that story.
Such an utterly delightful book, the third installment in the series, The Rosie Result is just as engaging and endearing as ever. Simsion has impressively covered huge life-changing events over the course of these three books for a man named Don Tillman—meeting the person you are going to marry, deciding to have a baby with your partner, and raising that child into an adult—and he does it with humor, depth of feeling, head-on confrontations, and tackling larger issues at the same time. These books have so much going for them, I think they will be the next books I insist everyone in my personal life should read.
Don is now the parent of a pre-teen boy whose personality greatly resembles his own. Even without any other ingredients to this challenge, most parents can relate to that element on its own. But Don brings forth a level of literal and advanced cognitive thinking most commonly linked with Autism or other "on the spectrum" diagnoses. He's had to deal with strangers and colleagues passing out their own amateur diagnoses all his life. But once that starts to impact his son, Hudson, Rosie and Don really start to address the situation head on.
Don is such a well-written character—he's endearing without being the joke. He's complex in ways that show Simsion isn't just using this kind of a human being to give the reading audience someone to laugh at ... nor someone to simply preach about. There's a fantastic balance that comes with wonderfully solid characterization, and that's what Simsion injects into Don. He's whole and human, and he has specific challenges, but these are just the sharper-edged pieces of the same puzzle in which everyone is muddling through.
I have loved Don as a single man, a newly married husband, and as a father...he's allowed wonderful growth over the three books that is both believably realistic and incredibly true to the character. These novels are surprisingly touching, amazingly fun, and completely charming. I cannot recommend these enough. In fact, I'm off to buy copies for my household and get these books in my family's hands.
What a great book! I've been anxiously awaiting this last installment in the trilogy and I was definitely not disappointed! I've really loved following along Don and Rosie's life and will miss the characters. In this book, we find Don and Rosie dealing with their 11 year old's school issues and Don's career has taken a bad turn. I love the author's style of writing and personalities in the book. Highly recommended!
I'll be brief. I you liked the other Rosie books, you'll like this one (although you don't have to read the others to enjoy it). Don is his usual, entertaining self, and the inclusion of a child helps keep it fresh. Recommended.
I really appreciate the ARC for review!
I absolutely loved the first two books in this series, so I was expecting more of the same. This one, however, read more like a textbook on autism than a story, instead of the cute, clever approach of the other two books. I was kind of disappointed, especially since this is supposedly the final in the series. I would still highly recommend the first two books!!!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the E-arc copy of this novel.
I will say this series has a tender spot in my heart. My son has Asperger's and these novels have made me so happy.
I was offered a free advanced reader copy from @netgalley in exchange for my honest review. This is the third book in the Don Tillman series, and although you could probably get some enjoyment out of it as a standalone, you would miss a good bit, and the other two are so good, you'll want to read them anyways!
This one catches up with Don and Rosie and their now eleven year old son, Hudson. As with the previous books, Don has some "problem" he needs fixing, in this one his son's unpopularity and troubles at school, and he develops a scientific plan to work out a solution. And of course, everything doesn't go as planned! I enjoyed the development of Don as we found out more about his childhood and his motivation to make his son's experiences better! I also appreciated the discussions on people with autism (and other differences) vs. neurotypical. Overall it was a great story and I would highly recommend the whole series! And since this one doesn't come out til 7 June 19, you have time to read the first two!
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I enjoyed this book, but not as much as the previous Don Tillman books. It could have been the copy I received, but the page layout made it really difficult to tell when conversation changed to a new speaker and when the subject changed with a new paragraph. Don remains a great character, but his narrative was harder to follow than it has been before and was just less funny than I found it to be in the previous books. I also felt that this book was written more to address social issues (especially autism) rather than to tell a good story.
I understand I had an ARC, but the book was difficult to follow with strange breaks in the dialogue. Plus, often it was hard to understand who was speaking, especially in conversations between more than two people.
Overall, loved it, of course, because this is such a great couple, great story, well told.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Beyond amazing I enjoyed this book so very much. The characters and storyline were fantastic. The ending I did not see coming Could not put down nor did I want to.
This may have been my favorite of the three Rosie books. As Simsion notes in the acknowledgements, the conversation around autism has evolved since the first Rosie book, and I appreciated that he seems to have integrated himself into those conversations and tackled the topic much more head-on in this book than in the others. I don’t have much personal experience with autism and don’t want to speak for others, but to me it felt like a much more nuanced and thoughtful approach to the issue than we’ve seen from him previously, and I also appreciated the allusions to the point that the societal idea of autism as a worst fear/horrific outcome is demeaning and inaccurate, though I wish he’d hit that point a little more explicitly.
Generally, as with the first book, I enjoyed the book and its characters and humor. There were a couple spots that fell short for me, particularly around control/domestic violence, where I didn’t really feel like the story was fleshed out, and I didn’t understand what point Simsion was trying to make. I also wished we’d seen a little more of the relationship between Rosie and Don, and while we heard a lot of complaints from Rosie about work stuff, I’d have liked to have the actual themes and issues of misogyny and working mothers explored in more depth. But overall, a solid book and at the same time, a fun read.
I really enjoyed the first book of this series. I love that the series has a protagonist that is different and portrayed in a way that minimizes the stereotypes. It seems especially timing considering Amy Schumer’s statements about her husband. It is great to see that correlation and hope it leads to more acceptance.
This book goes into more detail with his son, who is now eleven. At first it seemed obvious that he was also on the spectrum. However, as time progresses, with a lot of help from his parents, it continues to be questioned.
While I enjoyed revisiting the characters, and they were just as entertaining, it began to feel a little forced and singularly focused.