The Question and Answer section for The Rosie Project is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Rosie is surprised that she is attracted to Don but is also very aware that initially, before he decides to make some changes and become somewhat less intractable than he was when they met, they are incredibly incompatible: she is a smoker, a...
Claudia is is a good advisor for Don in his relationship with Rosie as she takes into account the mystery of emotions and also is able to advise him on the changes he might be wise to make if he wants the relationship to progress and flower.
Throughout the novel, various characters have to confront the idea that their initial assumptions may not have been correct. At first, Don is quick to assume that Rosie is not intelligent because he knows that she works at a bar, and he fixates on...
