The Pursuit of Alice Thrift Book

Who would pursue Alice Thrift? Not me, that's for sure.
Here is why this book should have succeeded (and perhaps did, for others):
It takes on a wonderful premise of a freshly minted doctor who discovers while interning as a surgeon that her success at tests and reading comprehension pales to the real thing. I very much appreciated the tension of a cerebral doctor struggling with the personal side of the profession. Also, the protagonist, Alice, is an Aspergers-esque woman which is an unusual character to choose and makes for an all the more interesting read.
Except it doesn't. Rich conflict aside, the bottom line is that someone who talks like that guy in Beautiful Mind just doesn't interest a reader or appeal at all. Alice talks like a textbook and basically is a textbook, and while the pursuit of Alice is not only the plot device of a guy who is after her, but also about her own pursuit of herself, I just found her to be such a freaking drag.
As to the plot, so here the book reminded me strongly of Washington Square - man comes to court rather unappealing girl and all anyone (father included) can think is, he must be after her money. In this case it's true (also in Washington Square, I think, though I don't remember if that was ever actually resolved - anyway) and frankly, I don't know how Smarty Doctor Pants fell for this extremely awful smarmy con artist who made it rather clear that he was only after her future earnings.
This book did little to please the reader - boring protagonist who was hard to relate to or like, caricature parents, absentee lesbian sister whose very existence did nothing for the book but make you ask why she was there at all, yucky slimeball con man, incredibly dumb choices on the part of all considered and then total Disney ending. Add to that Lipman's annoying penchant for ADD dialog where no one responds to each other and you have Alice Thrift.