Although I wasn't head over heels with Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project I did find it as a quick, light hearted read. I picked up the follow up The Rosie Effect expecting much of the same but found it to be disappointing - several times I almost cast it aside...
In The Rosie Effect we catch up with Don and Rosie one year into their unexpected marriage. Living in New York, Rosie becomes pregnant and Don embarks upon a project to learn about children and fatherhood.
Whilst The Rosie Project is quite amusing in parts I found this follow up to be unfunny. Don's eccentric behavior becomes repetitive and annoying and Rosie is presented as being angry and bad tempered for the most part. The fact that they are in New York is really of no significance to the plot. I didn't find the story to be engaging and it was all a little far fetched for my liking (Dom is arrested on suspicion of being a paedophile, Don is detained on suspicion of being a terrorist etc).
I'm sure The Rosie Effect will have it's fans and equally sure that there will be more books in the series in the same vein as the 'Shopaholic' books but on the basis of this one I will be leaving them on the shelf...
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