The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything

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Meet Art and Mimi Brotherton. Being siblings and housemates, they tend to agree on not quite everything.

What readers think is going to be a story about adults finding their paths and letting go, well, it's more than that and revelations are dropped into the mix like pebbles into water causing ripples to the burgeoning and established relationships. I really enjoyed reading The Theory of Not Quite Everything, it felt like a modern romcom with some much bigger issues behind it. Art & Mimi are adult brother and sister, still living together in their 30s after the untimely deaths of both of their parents. The siblings are very intertwined together, with Mimi doing a lot of the practical day to day life admin for the two of them, whilst Art is busy trying to work out an insanely complicated maths problem. Art has some kind of neurodiversity, its not specified but I was assuming some kind of autism, which makes some of the social & personal emotional elements of typical life hard for him to navigate. Mimi, on the other hand, has felt isolated for some time and decides its now time to try and find a partner, aware of how this might upset the balance between her and her brother.The best time to read a book depends on your personal schedule and preferences. Here are some suggestions: There is also a legitimate plot that becomes more interesting as you read. I would say the first 40% of the book took me awhile to get into but then I couldn’t put it down. With the offbeat charm of The Rosie Project and generous warmth of The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, a wry, moving debut novel about a pair of unforgettable siblings and a love triangle of sorts—one with math as its beating heart. Its synopsis explains: “ The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything tells the story of Mimi, who is naturally curious and determined, but living a constrained life defined by her demanding maths genius brother. Art’s every move is dictated by routine and his pursuit to solve an important, but notoriously complicated maths problem. When Mimi decides to find love, Art does the only logical thing: sets a strict mathematical path for her quest. Then Mimi meets Frank – a spontaneous stargazer and a mathematician. But not algorithm approved. Over time, the siblings’ relationship is tested to breaking point – something about Frank doesn’t quite add up, and only Art can see it…”

Mimi and Art’s bond is central to the story. How does their relationship compare to yours with your own siblings? Do you think it’s true that our siblings know our “truest self”? Not that I mind. This turned into a deeper look at the nature of love, guilt and responsibility. Adult siblings Art and Mimi live together, Mimi having given up her own ambitions after the death of their parents 13 years ago to stay with her mathematical genius brother as he works on problems that could change the world. Art believes that people - including his sister - are incapable of making sensible decisions when it comes to love. That’s what algorithms are for.They take up so much space in her hallway she has to inch around them to lead the way down the hallway to the kitchen, where she can ask the question she thinks she knows the answer to. Is he dead? She pushes the mail on the floor with her foot as if to tidy up. She sees his name on an envelope. She pulls her sweater down to straighten herself out and smudges imagined mascara residue from beneath her eyes, attending to some abstract decorum required for these moments, just before everything falls apart.

It might not be possible to know love when you see it, or for Art ever to imagine what it might feel like — romantic love, anyway. But the love she felt for her brother as his face lit up, when he realized how useful he’d be; he looked suffused with pleasure. His smile folded in that way of his when he was overcome. ‘I see,’ he said. She loved him so much she wondered why life with him wasn’t enough. The lift doors open on the third floor of the hospital. Aluminium trollies park along the green walls like taxis waiting in a rank.When Mimi stands at her door, she knows that the news is not good. Her body is familiar with the rules. PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Theory_of_Not_Quite_Everything_-_Kara_Gnodde.pdf, The_Theory_of_Not_Quite_Everything_-_Kara_Gnodde.epub