Book Review: The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion

The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion
Publisher: Text Publishing Company
Publication Date: May 28, 2019
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

*****The publisher’s description and my review have spoilers for The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect the first two books in the Rosie series.*****

Publisher’s Description:

Don and Rosie are about to face their most important project.
Their son, Hudson, is having trouble at school: his teachers say he isn’t fitting in with the other kids, and they’d like Don and Rosie to think about getting an autism assessment. As his parents debate whether a diagnosis might help or hinder, Hudson has his own ideas. Meanwhile, Rosie is battling Judas at work, and Don is in hot water after the Genetics Lecture Outrage. The life-contentment graph, recently at its highest point, is curving downwards.

For Don Tillman, geneticist and World’s Best Problem-Solver, learning to be a good parent as well as a good partner will require the help of friends old and new. It will mean letting Hudson make his way in the world, and grappling with awkward truths about his own identity.
And opening a cocktail bar.

The Rosie Result is the final book in the Rosie trilogy. It fast-forwards eleven years from the end of The Rosie Effect. Don and Rosie are raising their son Hudson, who seems to have inherited Don’s quirks. His school is pressing Don and Rosie to have him tested for autism, but Don decides to take matters into his own hands first.

There is a lot going on in this final installment of the Rosie series. In addition to dealing with Hudson possibly having autism, both Don and Rosie are having trouble at their workplaces. Hudson has made friends with a girl at his school who has albinism and Don with her mother. That family has their share of problems as well. The theme of The Rosie Result is misunderstandings. It was a little stressful reading it, while everyone was trying to figure out what was really going on! But, it was also enjoyable because that’s where the humor came from.

While The Rosie Effect was a tad disappointing, The Rosie Result is on par with The Rosie Project. I feel like Don, Rosie and I are friends now and it’s been fun to watch them grow as people throughout the series.

My reviews for the first two books in the Rosie series:
The Rosie Project
The Rosie Effect