The Other Typist

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I recognized something was happening the very second she walked in the door for her interview. On that particular day, she entered very calmly and quietly, but I knew: It was like the eye of a hurricane. She was the dark epicenter of something we didn’t quite understand yet, the place where hot and cold mixed dangerously, and around her everything would change." I loved the lavish lifestyle of Rose and Odalie as described in this book. It makes me want to bob my long hair and loose a lot of weight so I can pull of the gorgeous outfits, and move into a sumptuous suite in a hotel.

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It’s a book that focuses on obsession, the search for one’s authentic self, the shifting nature of the truth, the nature of love and temptation, and how easy it is to break our own moral boundaries and codes. As readers, we never quite have a handle on who the mysterious Odalie is but even more troubling, we’re not sure who Rose is, either. We can easily see how our “truths” are not all so self-evident. What I didn't like: the ending. I won't give anything away, but it was one of those where you aren't really sure what happened. If it was meant to be Odalie then the details don't add up at all. However, if it wasn't Odalie then the very last sentence makes no sense unless there is a sequel and this book didn't feel like it needed a sequel until that moment. So it really kind of left me scratching my head a little. When I finally reached the end, I was at first floored--so twisty and fun. I did not see this coming. Maybe it was worth the loll in the middle. I read this book years ago, and still wonder about the ending from time to time. Would love to reread at some point... Do you think Rose is a reliable or unreliable narrator? Why? If you did question her veracity, at what point in the novel did you begin to do so?

This all being said, I finished the book. And I will indeed stop reading a book if I feel like it's a lost cause. And there are slews of positive review on this book so its all about opinion and style preference. Hannah’s new novel is an homage to the extraordinary courage and endurance of Frenchwomen during World War II.

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But WAIT! What the eff? What DID really happen? Tell me!! Within seconds I was totally frustrated by the ambiguity. Yes, I was driven to go online to read other reviewer’s theories about what happened, and yes, it would be a great read for a book club—I can see all the animated conversations right now. The New York Times bestselling author of The Library of Light and Shadow crafts a dazzling Jazz Age jewel—a novel of ambition, betrayal, and passion about a young painter whose traumatic past threatens to derail her career at a prestigious summer artists' colony run by Louis Comfort Tiffany of Tiffany & Co. fame. "[M.J. Rose] transports the ... Moderately entertaining, I suppose, but this has to be one of the most overwritten books of all time. So many adjectives! So many adverbs! So many idioms when a single word would do just as well! Vast amounts of clunky, obvious foreshadowing! And a narrator who's unreliable--which we know because she helpfully tells us so, several times. Uh, that's not really how you're supposed to do it. The whole thing reads like some kind of parody. I can't recommend it. If you're in the mood for some 1920s-set fiction with Gatsby aspirations, read Rules of Civility. Don't bother with this. Now, I know a lot of the above is because of the perspective with which the story is told. The protagonist, or narrator, is shaping the lense through which the story was told or retold. But since I found her to be insufficiently developed, I did not care for her tone and therefore the tone of the story. I also didn't like her, which brings me to my next issue.Oh, that fascinating unreliable narrator! How we love to hate her! Suzanne Rindell introduces a particularly mystifying narrator to the forefront in the person of Rose – a typist in the New York City Police Department during the time of the speakeasies. The Other Typist is clever, addictive entertainment. Plotted with panache, it alludes playfully to genre bedfellows such as The Talented Mr Ripley and Notes on a Scandal without being obvious. Yes, Rindell's prose can be ungainly and prolix, but I think that's deliberate: Rose's prose would be ungainly and prolix. An all out character driven novel with a slow building plot with quite an ending. My kind of book! and should make a great book discussion. Sorry about the Facebook comment. I'm used to arguing with conservative bug fornicators. Read Rindell's bio. She's a doctoral student in American modernist literature; the OTHER TYPIST is her first novel. No way does she take up multiple personalities. It's too easy to get lost. Odalie has been "playing" Rose from the beginning. She's friends with all the other typing girls; she thinks Rose is a goody-two-shoes, but then she realizes Rose is a favorite among the detectives; she's dependable and she doesn't make mistakes. Then we have the earring caper, and Rose falls for it. Odalie now knows she can get to her. A short digression: How funny that we totally believe a reliable narrator; we buy into the story as if the reality being presented is absolutely true. Yet when we get an unreliable narrator, we think, oh there is definitely a true story here but we’re just not being told the truth. We look for clues for what REALLY is happening. The joke, of course, is that there is no true story in fiction! It’s all made up.

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It's the roaring 20's in New York City and a psycho-lunatic is on the loose disguised as a young woman. (no spoiler here) The Other Typist series will be written and executive produced by Ilene Chaiken ( The L Word), who will also serve as showrunner. The series is a production by Searchlight Television and 20th Century Fox Television with Knightley, Rindell and 3 Arts’ Oly Obst set as executive producersI will be re-reading this book, that is certain. It will be my cheeky Christmas read - it's lavish enough to make the season all the more special.

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Rose, the narrator, is a young typist in a NYC police precinct in 1923. An orphan raised by nuns, she is prim, repressed and smugly considers herself an astute observer of human nature. One day, a new typist is hired. Odalie has a husky, purring voice, expensive clothes and an alluring personality. Rose watches Odalie closely and before long, is under her spell. Odalie suggests Rose move in with her and they become roommates in Odalie’s posh hotel suite. Why would a humble typist be living in an expensive hotel suite? As it turns out, Odalie is hiding a few big secrets and Rose – well, Rose has some serious issues.With hints toward The Great Gatsby, Rindell’s novel aspires to recreate Prohibition-era New York City, both its opulence and its squalid underbelly. She captures it quite well, while at the same time spinning a delicate and suspenseful narrative about false friendship, obsession, and life for single women in New York during Prohibition.”— Booklist Suzanne Rindell is the author of four previous novels: The Other Typist, which has been translated into 20 languages, Three-Martini Lunch, Eagle & Crane, and The Two Mrs. Carlyles. A]perfect social comedy: A plain young typist working for the New York Police Department in the 1920s becomes obsessed with a glamorous co-worker. Revealing that there is a murderous twist in Suzanne Rindell’s spellbinder isn’t a spoiler but an essential for enjoying the exhilarating buildup.”— Daily Candy