A disappointing conclusion to the 'Rosie' books. Should have left it at one book. This book had it's ok moments but for the most part it dragged and just didn't hold my interest.

The Rosie Result is the finale of Graeme Simsion’s Rosie trilogy.

The story finds Don and Rosie, together with their adolescent son Hudson, relocating from New York to Australia.

The Rosie Result details a journey of change – new jobs, new challenges, new friends, alongside a journey for discovery for Hudson as he explores where he might sit on the autistic spectrum.

If you enjoyed the first two Rosie books you’ll probably enjoy this one too – but I also think it’s a good place to leave Rosie and the Tillman household, and that the story has run its time.

I really enjoyed this final instalment of the Rosie Project. I have enjoyed seeing the development of Don and his new challenge - the Hudson project. It is lovely to see his relationship with his son and his attempts to help him fit in at school. He does not want his son to be subjected to the same challenges he faced at home and school.

I could not stop smiling as I read this book - it had its heartbreaking moments but overall was really life affirming.

This has been a series which has dealt with a difficult issue with humour and a light touch. Serious issues are raised in a way which allows the reader to teach their own conclusions.

My favourite of the three - I now feel quite bereft!

The Rosie Result, the third in the Don Tillman series was a bitter sweet read - yes it’s a solid 5 star, with brilliant writing, fleshed out characters, plenty of quirk and funny, funny, funny, alongside proper ‘aha’ moments ... but ... it’s the final in the series. I’m going to miss this group of wonderful misfits like they are my own. Rosie, Don and the gang have left me slightly bereft but all the better for having been part of their stories.

A heartfelt thanks to Netgalley for providing an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

The Rosie Result is the final instalment in the Don Tillman series which I have loved since The Rosie Project.

In the Rosie project Don Tillman utilises science to commence the Wife Project, a scientific approach to finding his perfect partner. Enter Rosie.

In book two The Rosie Effect he prepares to become a father.

Book three sees Don’s life affected by scandal in his work, a new job back in Australia for Rosie and concern for his son Hudson who is struggling socially at school, reminding Don of his own awkward childhood.

I really enjoyed this book and am sad it’s the final instalment. The author deals with the characters sensitively describing the issues they face and the way in which society rushes to judge and label people without realising the unintended consequences of such a diagnosis.

The book is written in the charming heartwarming style of the other books in the series and felt like a happy conclusion. I was left with the sense that despite the issues they may face the Tillman family will be happy in the future.

The Rosie Result is a moving life-affirming novel of Don and his sons Hudson’s journey to understand each other, the people they spend time with and how the world around them functions. What Don doesn’t realise is how much this will teach him about himself and how he identifies.

What struck me about this book is how much more deep and searching this felt compared to, for example, the first Rosie Project book. What started as a light hearted romance about Don and his quirks has now become something that makes you think about the boxes we put other people (and ourselves) into.

This is a great read, enjoyable, heart warming and as good as you would expect from this series!

Graeme Simsion is one of my favourite writers and The Rosie Result bears so many of the trademark features that I love about his unique writing style; it is warm, funny, quirky and soulful. From the first page I knew I was going to be in for a good read, something which used to be a prerequisite, but which seems to have gone by the board in a lot of books of late. I then got that cosy, almost smug feeling that I could tune out the world and get into the characters’ space.
In Graeme Simsion’s previous two novels in the Don and Rosie series, it was apparent that Don was ‘on the autistic spectrum’, but this third book sees Don wrestling with the notion that his 11 year old son, Hudson, might also be labelled with the diagnosis. The school are pressing for a paediatric assessment based on some behavioural eccentricities, but Don and Rosie are resisting this. Don takes it upon himself to help Hudson acquire some life skills, as he has been there himself, having had to learn the hard way how to become less socially inept. In some ways he should be in a good position to help Hudson, yet conversely he still struggles at times to interpret situations correctly, so may not be best placed.
But no matter how much Don applies his analytical skills to formulate a strategy, problems keep on cropping up with maddening regularity until one forces itself to take priority over everything else. Don’s decision to give up his job as a Genetics Professor to launch the Hudson Project proves to be a mixed success with some unexpected results...
What else I enjoyed about this story is that even when events overtake life, Graeme Simsion keeps the tone light by inserting his particular brand of humour even while dealing with topics like autism. The main characters he creates are people I feel I would like to know personally, but sadly this book is the final instalment in the series. However, I can’t wait to read more by this author.
I would like to thank Netgalley, Penguin UK Michael Joseph and Graeme Simsion for the opportunity to read and review The Rosie Result.

I have now finished ‘The Rosie Result’ and on a complete high that comes from finishing a wonderful book, and the low that comes from knowing that this is the last in the series.

I was so happy to come back to the world of Don and Rosie - it was like revisiting old friends. The book is quirky and fun, as were the previous books, but with an underlying serious message.

Don is obviously on the ‘Spectrum’ which caused him problems as a child, and took him a while to find his place in the world, and true happiness which he found with Rosie. In the last book they had a son called Hudson, and this book he is now 11 and exhibiting some of the problems that Don himself had as a child.

So started the ‘Hudson Project’ which had to be modified by the ‘Genetics Lecture Outrage’. The very important conclusion is one that all NT (Neuro Typicals) should reach - people with ASD shouldn’t always have to fit in with their world - people who are different are not necessarily a problem. We should all play to our strengths, and give everyone else the understanding and space to let them play to theirs.

These books would make an amazing film - just saying 😀

This is the third installment in the series featuring Don Tillman, genetics professor, as he navigates marriage and parenthood. Having met Rosie in the first book ('The Rosie Project') and dealt with impending fatherhood in the second ('The Rosie Effect'), Don now has an eleven year old son who is having some of the same issues that Don himself has experienced.

This book is more overt in its exploration of autism than the previous novels - it was always evident that Don was on the autistic spectrum, but this story focuses more on his son Hudson's attempts to fit in at school and avoid an autism diagnosis. This launches Don into his biggest challenge yet, The Hudson Adjustment Problem, for which he is not best equipped to help, struggling as he is with his own issues in the workplace.

I did enjoy this - Don is a charming and quirky narrator and the whole cast of characters is appealing; some are familiar from previous books, others new. It's an engaging and quite likeable tale that I would recommend to those who have followed Don this far; if you haven't read the previous books then you would definitely be best starting with 'The Rosie Project' to familiarise yourself with the full backstory.

I can't help but love Don Tillman. In this book, the third to feature his unique voice, Don, Rosie and son Hudson have moved back to Australia - but life isn't hat straightforward for Hudson. Applying his usual rational analysis to the current happenings of their lives, Don decides to make a career change university lecturer and researcher to bar entrepreneur and full-time father. The results, as always, aren't quite as Don anticipates.

This is a quick, human read with lots of sharp social observation. I don't think it's as good as The Rosie Project, but it's very enjoyable.

It's best read with prior knowledge of the other books, to understand the supporting characters.

I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love this series of books and this one didn’t disappoint. I really feel these books champion the fact that it’s good to be different and no one should change to fit in. It this day and age is spectrums this has never been clearer and as someone with a family
Knowledge of varies forms of autism it’s an honest and well written account of life from a very different perspective.

A very enjoyable read! I was very interested in getting my hands on this one after I read the blurb and I am pleased to say that I was not let down.

The story is written very well and the characters are interesting and jump off the page. I would recommend this read!

The third book in this series deals with Hudson, who is their son, who may be autistic, and may not be. That really is the question and is the whole book. Some good parts in it where the Story flows, like when they set up the bar, however, very repetitive with the whole autism issue.

I adored The Rosie Project when it first came out years back. And subsequently I've enjoyed The Rosie Effect and now The Rosie Result. While I didn't enjoy the 2nd and 3rd book as much as the 1st, it was still a delight to be welcomed back into Don and Rosie's world. The story is funny, emotional, and extremely real. Very grateful for my ARC, and excited to purchase the paperback to put alongside the other two in my collection.

This is the continuing adventures of Don Tillman and Rosie and now their life with son Hudson who struggles to fit in at school. If you're familiar with the first two books in the series you'll know what you're getting into and you'll be happy enough with this one. While it can be read as a standalone book in all honesty I'd go back to the start with The Rosie Project (how the very different Don and Rosie get together in the first place) and The Rosie Effect (dealing with Rosie's pregnancy). One reviewer has described these books as "intelligent fun" and that's about right. I'll admit that sometimes it gets a bit drawn out but the characters are wacky and interesting enough to want to keep reading. I was particularly interested that this one looks more at issues surrounding autism/aspergers which I have a particular interest in. There are more and more fiction titles appearing dealing with autism/aspergers and this is now added to that list. There's scope for further books in this series but author Graeme Simsion will needs to find ways to keep it fresh. Recommended.

Thanks to NetGalley/Penguin UK/Michael Joseph for ARC.

This series is so great & gives me such a warm-hearted feeling. Reading the third instalment makes me want to revisit the first two :)

I loved this book up to the 80% of it, approximately. It mentions some very important issues giving them a twist as we can see them from the unusual perspective of Don Tillman. Don Tillman is one of my favourite literary characters. It was good to see him as a father who wants to make his son's life easier than his own used to be.I also loved to see that he and Rosie are good together. However, I didn't like the solution of the story. Somehow I felt cheated on as it turned on, nothing was as it had seemed to be. And I would have omitted the Epilogue altogether. Having said that I will still read the next instalment of Don's story should there be one.

Set a decade later, this is just as compelling a read as the earlier Rosie books, and threw up some really interesting characters

3.5 stars out of 5

The story picks up 11 years after The Rosie Effect with the Tillman family moving to Australia. The result is that their son, Hudson, really struggles to adapt to the new school. I found it very interesting how very different two teachers in the same school can be in their approach to children with alternative needs.

When Hudson does manage to make a friend its of course more complicated than what it should be.
With Rosie the story looks at the unfairness of women pursuing demanding careers. Society expects women to work like they don’t have children and parent like they don’t have a job.

So, Don decides to take a time-out from academic life to focus on the Hudson Project to help his son adjust to all the new changes in his life. But with Don being Don he could not sit still for long and gets involved in the launch of a new bar….. but it’s not just any kind of bar.

There is a lot of focus on what it means to be on the autism spectrum, much more than in the other two books. It’s said that people with autism lacks empathy for neurotypicals yet neurotypicals never adjust their own empathy for those with autism.

I loved being back in the world of Don and Rosie but I enjoyed the first two just a little bit more than this one.
This is a sweet quick read that’s perfect for the holidays.