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The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
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bookshelves: romantic-slurpy-slurps
Jun 10, 2020
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Read 2 times. Last read August 17, 2022 to August 19, 2022.
This big selling book, was all the rage when first published, an off-beat, quirky, yet delightfully alternate comedy about a tenured professor with a near extreme way of ordering and living his life and seeing the world, looking for love.
What this book does do exceptionally well, and is in my opinion why it stands out; it that it truly humanises the cast, they're not one-dimensional receptacles to generate humour; they are multi-faceted, complex human beings that when it came towards the fourth act, I was so involved and had emotive feelings about their journeys! Also another plus point this book, despite being written by a man, in no way tries to make comedy out of, or play-down toxic masculinity (= fragile ego masculinity). Personal I've found too many male written humour involving the degradation and/or objectification of woman as tools for comedy. Whoops, I digressed.. this book... read it! 8 out of 12.
2022 read; 2014 read
What this book does do exceptionally well, and is in my opinion why it stands out; it that it truly humanises the cast, they're not one-dimensional receptacles to generate humour; they are multi-faceted, complex human beings that when it came towards the fourth act, I was so involved and had emotive feelings about their journeys! Also another plus point this book, despite being written by a man, in no way tries to make comedy out of, or play-down toxic masculinity (= fragile ego masculinity). Personal I've found too many male written humour involving the degradation and/or objectification of woman as tools for comedy. Whoops, I digressed.. this book... read it! 8 out of 12.
2022 read; 2014 read
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February 12, 2014
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February 13, 2014
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June 10, 2020
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August 17, 2022
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August 19, 2022
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Aug 20, 2022 01:01AM
I’ve been meaning to read this one. Glad you overall liked it. 😊
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Nika wrote: "I’ve been meaning to read this one. Glad you overall liked it. 😊"It's worth a read Nika :)
Rachel wrote: "I loved this book!"Snap, Rachel!
Great review, Baba! :) Your comment about the 'male writing female' modus operandi in this book gives me hope I'll like it. I begin books by male authors with very low expectations for this very issue.
Rosh wrote: "Great review, Baba! :) Your comment about the 'male writing female' modus operandi in this book gives me hope I'll like it. I begin books by male authors with very low expectations for this very is..."Thanks for your comment Rosh, I just don't understand how more readers haven't noticed or written about the sadly high number of male writers that have the trivialisation of misogyny as their 'edgy' so-called comedy!
Maybe because it is so common, that it is accepted as the norm, as 'This is how men write/are supposed to write"? It is frustrating to say the least! I am sure it is equally frustrating to those few male writers who stay away from such outdated patriarchal tropes but are still slotted into the same bracket. :(
Rosh wrote: "Maybe because it is so common, that it is accepted as the norm, as 'This is how men write/are supposed to write"? It is frustrating to say the least!I am sure it is equally frustrating to those few male writers who stay away from such outdated patriarchal tropes but are still slotted into the same bracket. :("
In the UK, there's actually a name for it ...'lad humour'!
I didn't know that! But giving it a name actually normalises the tendency. :(
Rosh wrote: "I didn't know that! But giving it a name actually normalises the tendency. :("Exactement Rosh! :D
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A well-developed sense of 'being human' is a must for me, too. Great review, Baba!
©hrissie ❁ [Catching up, Slowly-but-Surely] wrote: "A well-developed sense of 'being human' is a must for me, too. Great review, Baba!"Agreed Chrissie, and thank you for taking the time to read, and comment on another one of my reviews, it is very much appreciated.
