Suzanne Rindell is a doctoral student in American modernist literature at Rice University. 'Take a dollop of Alfred Hitchcock, a dollop of Patricia Highsmith, throw in some Great Gatsby flourishes, and the result is Rindell's debut, a pitch-black comedy about a police stenographer accused of murder in 1920s Manhattan.
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'A genuinely delightful, witty page turner, full of surprises' Diva 'A mysterious central character, stunning writing and an ending that will leave you reeling makes The Other Typist the kind of book you can't get out of your head' Good Housekeeping As the two girls' friendship blossoms and they flit between the sparkling underworld of speakeasies by night, and their work at the precinct by day, it is not long before Rose's fascination for her new colleague turns to obsession.īut just who is the real Odalie, and how far will Rose go to find out? As do her bosses, the buttoned up Lieutenant Detective and the fatherly Sergeant.
While she may disapprove of the details, she prides herself on typing up the goriest of crimes without batting an eyelid.īut when the captivating Odalie begins work at the precinct Rose finds herself falling under the new typist's spell. Every day Rose transcribes the confessions of the gangsters and murderers that pass through the precinct. Rose Baker is an orphaned young woman working for her bread as a typist in a police precinct on the lower East Side. New York City, 1924: the height of Prohibition and the whole city swims in bathtub gin. Even though I couldn’t find a way to be interested in the story, I found several quotes from the book that I enjoyed.The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell is a thrilling tale of the intoxicating and dark side of friendship. Keira Knightley produces and stars in this Fox Searchlight production adapted from author Suzanne Rindells debut novel set in New York City. Rindell’s details of the 1920’s, the expectations of women, and descriptions of those trying to break out of those expectations depicted an era that showed how difficult it was for Rose to find a way to fit in. I had no trouble imagining Rose or Odalie, the Sergeant or the Lieutenant Detective, or Dotty and Helen from the boarding house where Rose lived. Some things I did like though were the author’s character descriptions. But, as a book blogger, I am not going to lie or tell you that I liked something when I didn’t. There are also several others who have felt the same way I did. There are rave reviews HERE and HERE for THE OTHER TYPIST. So, with that in mind, I can only offer you that hundreds of other people have LOVED this book. I have a “rule” that if I’m not enjoying my reading, I need to quit the book because I have too many other books to read. I was bored and felt like I was forced to read. This doesn’t happen to me very often because I really feel like I am a pretty good judge of “book character”. I got to Chapter 9 and page 130 and I just couldn’t go any farther. Now, I have to stop here, after my brief synopsis of the book and tell you that I did not finish the book. Rose immediately falls under Odalie’s spell and their friendship turns Rose into someone she no longer recognizes. Odalie lives in a fancy hotel, has men falling at her feet, and gets everything she wants with a wink of her eye. That is until Odalie, the new typist at the precinct walks into her life.
With Rose’s background as a orphan, being raised by nuns, and having to work hard for everything she has, she takes nothing for granted and follows all the rules of society. It is 1923, and Rose records testimonies that no women should have to hear. Rose is a typist in the local police precinct.
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