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Title: Chemistry
Author: Robert Hodgson
Publication Date: December 2nd 2012
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
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Francis is clever, successful and really rather nice, but he has a problem. He has no idea how women think. He doesn't know when they love him or why they sometimes hate him. So he turns to science for the answer and develops his own theory of how men and women react with each other. His theory guides him through tortured adolescence and into perplexing manhood but fails to predict the outcome of his intense, passionate but mostly hapless relationships. His quest to find the ultimate "oxygen" woman combines small triumphs with an unending litany of catastrophes until he is finally faced with the awful truth. It’s a story about how men try to make sense of women, and mostly fail. Francis's story brings together the belief systems of all the people in his life and compels him to choose between them. It forces him to confront the question of whether his own theory is based on scientific rigor or is no better than the superstitions that he so despises. It offers an alternative view of the concept of manhood in the 21st century and examines the conflicting patterns of life’s seeming predictability and spontaneity in a funny, thoughtful and at times, cringingly embarrassing story. Oh…and it’s a comedy.
Title: Chemistry
Author: Robert Hodgson
Publication Date: December 2nd 2012
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Rating:
Description:
Francis is clever, successful and really rather nice, but he has a problem. He has no idea how women think. He doesn't know when they love him or why they sometimes hate him. So he turns to science for the answer and develops his own theory of how men and women react with each other. His theory guides him through tortured adolescence and into perplexing manhood but fails to predict the outcome of his intense, passionate but mostly hapless relationships. His quest to find the ultimate "oxygen" woman combines small triumphs with an unending litany of catastrophes until he is finally faced with the awful truth. It’s a story about how men try to make sense of women, and mostly fail. Francis's story brings together the belief systems of all the people in his life and compels him to choose between them. It forces him to confront the question of whether his own theory is based on scientific rigor or is no better than the superstitions that he so despises. It offers an alternative view of the concept of manhood in the 21st century and examines the conflicting patterns of life’s seeming predictability and spontaneity in a funny, thoughtful and at times, cringingly embarrassing story. Oh…and it’s a comedy.
Review
I'd like to start by saying a big thank you to Robert Hodgson for sending me a free copy of this book in return for an honest review and also that I really wish that I wasn't ill for so long, it felt like it took me forever to get through this book because of a constant headache and all that good stuff that comes along with being ill. But I finally have finished it and I'm so glad that I did!
The main character, Francis, is such a likeable character. He has (a lot) of cringe worthy moments that just made me want to blend in with the floor and at times I just wanted to grab him and give him the worlds biggest cuddle. I didn't know how I would really get on with this book because of the whole science aspect of it (science was definitely not my best subject at school) but nonetheless I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Great story and character development. Some parts were a bit tedious and I wasn't sure why they were included but the good parts out weigh those by a long shot. I will definitely be checking out more of Roberts work if and when it is released.
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