Maybe the author just wrote a really bad ending to an otherwise good book. The atlantic wire this eerie and compelling debut is a riveting pageturner, narrated by a strangely hypnotic yet dubious young woman who works as a typist for the nypd in the 1920s. Plotted with panache, it alludes playfully to genre bedfellows such as the talented mr ripley and notes on. The other typist is clever, addictive entertainment. Then the ending was abrupt, and i just didnt get how that could happen. The other typist by suzanne rindell is one of those novels with the right amount of suspense and intrigue that leaves you guessing right until the novels conclusion. I would mention others but it would mess up the ending.
See more ideas about quotes, book quotes and sarah dessen books. Booklist if you liked gone girl, you might enjoy the other typist. My book club chose the other typist for our first meeting, and i cannot think of a better book to kick things off. In this very clever study of obsession and manipulation the reader is quickly led to the notion that the book has an unreliable narrator, an idea reinforced by a fairly early reference to the doctor i am seeing now.
Weve arranged the synonyms in length order so that they are easier to find. The other typist pretends to be the story of a nice young woman entering the cutthroat world of police work in 1920s new york. From the author of the thrilling the christian science monitor novel, the other typist, comes an evocative, multilayered story of ambition, success, and secrecy in 1950s new york. The acknowledgements in suzanne rindells first novel the other typist pay homage to the first true love of her teenage years.
The great gatsby or the old detective dramas of the 60s. My first book by this author but it wont be my last. In 1958, greenwich village buzzes with beatniks, jazz clubs, and new ideasthe ideal spot for three ambitious young people to meet. She then, manipulates the lt detective into kissing her, so she can grab his knife, bob her hair the last physicall difference between her and. I would love to get other readers takes on the ending of this book. With a few strokes of the keys that sit before her, she can send a person away for life in prison. Ripley and the great gatsby comes one of the most memorable unreliable narrators in years. The other typist by suzanne rindell best books for beach reading. The end of the book where lieutenant detective, or frank, went to visit rose symbolized a turning point to me. Im sure she could have gotten out of that mess but there was no. The maze runner a summary by thomas brodiesangster maze runner funny, maze. If nothing else, your club could discuss the ending.
You could make a onesitting read of the other typist. The other typist would make a great book club selection. The author, who makes her debut with the other typist, reveals her. Plotted with panache, it alludes playfully to genre bedfellows such as the talented mr ripley and notes on a scandal without being obvious. The novel i just finished, the other typist by suzanne rindell, is a delicious little mind game set in the prohibition days of the 1920s, those days of flappers and speakeasies.
The other typist, by suzanne rindell, depicts the decadence of the prohibition era. Suzanne rindell is a doctoral student in american modernist literature at rice university. But nothing in suzanne rindells novel can be taken at first glance. The other typist by suzanne rindell, the golem and the. The other typist by suzanne rindell is a thrilling tale of the intoxicating and dark side of friendship.
Girlxoxo and estellas revenge and i are so excited you all are back and ready to go. But its new york, not the nice young woman, who should be trembling. If you liked gone girl, you might enjoy the other typist the best book ive read so far this summer. You can even find this book on the book depository. The story centres around rose who is employed as a stenographer in a new york police department and appears to be innocent and naive and somewhat staid in her ways. The narrative just went on and on with nothing too exciting. At first glance, the other typist seems to be a novel about the changing roles of women in the 1920s and the clash of traditional values with new views on sexuality. Any page references refer to a usa edition of the book, usually the trade paperback version, and may vary in other. What other book might you compare the other typist to and why. A mysterious central character, stunning writing and an ending that will leave you reeling makes the other typist the kind of book you cant get out of your head. The other typist i am not quite sure why but i seem to have read a few novels lately that have a naive young woman and another manipulative one. I have read other books by this author and have enjoyed them, but this is the best one yet.
While she may disapprove of the details, she prides herself on typing up. The other typist by suzanne rindell got some buzz in the book blogosphere early this summer, so as usual a few months late i gave it a try on audio in august. She lives in new york city and is currently working. The other typist by suzanne rindell reading guidebook. Ever so noir and a touch gatsbyesque, the other typist is a twisty tale of a clerical worker at a. Reading guide for the other typist by suzanne rindell.
Some of the themes you might want to discuss include. The other typist the other typist has been translated into 15 languages and film rights are currently under option to fox searchlight, with keira knightley and scott free to produce confessions are rose bakers job. But what bothered me much more was the unearned, ridiculous ending. What an incredible book a roller coaster of a ride. But to have odalie pull off the virtually impossible in the blink of an eye at the very end of the book and to have the lead character deal with it the way she does. The other typist what the heck just happened spoilers. The setting and the on the edge of your seatbecause you think you know what is coming up, writing.
Where does the other typist rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far. This book had an interesting setting, a police station in the prohibition era. A typist in a new york city police department precinct. The brooch was the realization to rose, that in order to get out of the mental institution, she would need to let go of the notion shes some innocent victim, and fully embrace her other dark half. List of mistakes in a book crossword answers, clues. Suzanne rindells novel the other typist is set in the prohibition about a mysterious who joins a police department typing pool, upsetting routines. Unless i missed something, the ending isnt even possible. Life was one large board game, and odalie was just. The other typist suzanne rindell, 20 amy einhorn books putnam 368 pp.
The other typist by suzanne rindell everyday i write the. Three books down the line i am still trying to get my head around the ending of the other typist. Whenever you close the covers, have a book friend handyyoull want to talk about the other typist. Little hints are given, but the finale is very well done. That conflict just helps set the stage for what is actually a wellcrafted noir blending some of the tension of bound, the complex schemes of. But in the end, i saw the end scene as roses final transformation.
This book, from its opening line of they said the typewriter would unsex us, to the twists and turns at the end of the tale kept me completely wound up and unable to put the book. There is a reading guide with twelve thoughtprovoking questions. Before she received her gift from odalie, rose only thought of proving her innocence, but when frank came to visit her, she saw something else. The typist is a deceptively simple, short book only a little over 200 pages, and my copy is shorter and more narrow than a standard paperback but like other in that way, reading the typist is incredibly inspiring.
A typist for the new york city police department, she sits in judgment like a high priestess. Rose baker is an orphaned young woman working for her bread as a typist in a police precinct on the lower east side. Every day rose transcribes the confessions of the gangsters and murderers that pass through the precinct. I had a blast reading this and had my nerves scrambled by the end. A haunting debut novel set against the background of new york c. A mysterious central character, stunning writing and an ending that will leave you reeling. Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for list of mistakes i n a book errata we hope that the following list of synonyms for the word errata will help you to finish your crossword today. Indeed, rindell pays explicit homage in an epilogue which, like the end of the good soldier, features the use of a suddenly produced penknife. I know i wanted to call a friend and talk about it immediately after finishing it because i was so confused. The acknowledgements in suzanne rindells first novel the other typist pay homage. A young lady is sucked in by a colleague and as we travel through their relationship we have no idea how it will end. Mccarthy as just as another writer of modern literature, you are mistaken.
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