I really loved this story! It was charming and funny and honest - and showed great character development. This book clearly demonstrates the positive and negative aspects of living with Aspergers. Don was an extremely likable character, despite his obvious eccentricities - or I guess, because of them. One of my favorite quotes in the book is when Don states, "Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others". I loved when he filled in for Gene and gave the lecture on Asperger's syndrome. That set the scene for the entire book. Loved it!
I thought Gene was a complete jerk. I could not believe the way he treated his marriage and Claudia. I could not believe that she continued to live with such a jerk. I would not have been happy if no one had confronted Gene about his hurtful behavior at some point in the book! He so deserved Phil's punch - and so much more. At least by that point, he knew he deserved it, if not from Phil, then so many others.
Rosie was a wonderful influence on Don, despite having miserably failed the Wife Project test. ;) I thought she was a little hard on Phil though. But, we really didn't know too much about Phil except for her assessment of him. So many lost years for that relationship. Better late than never though I guess. Relationships are hard enough without living with erroneous information.
This is a true love story and I found it completely heartwarming. I will absolutely read the sequel, The Rose Effect.
Wendy's Rating: *****
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