She lives in new york city and is currently working. Booklist if you liked gone girl, you might enjoy the other typist. Narrator rose is a straightlaced typist at a police precinct and becomes obsessed with the other typist, wanton flapper and bootlegger, odalie. Working as a typist for the nyc police department in 1923, rose baker documents confessions of harrowing crimes and struggles with changing gender roles while clinging to her victorian ideals and searching for nurturing companionship before becoming obsessed with a glamorous newcomer and her world of bobbed hair, smoking and speakeasies. I email the audio files to a typist who transcribes. The other typist is written in the first person, and the use of dialogue is sparse, giving the reader the sense of living in roses mind and seeing the world through roses eyes.
A typist for the new york city police department, she sits in judgment like a high priestess. I would mention others but it would mess up the ending. It is not until the story has totally grabbed the reader, who is now unable to put the book down, that one begins to wonder about the clarity of roses thoughts. My book club chose the other typist for our first meeting, and i cannot think of a better book to kick things off. Some of the themes you might want to discuss include. The great gatsby or the old detective dramas of the 60s. The acknowledgements in suzanne rindells first novel the other typist pay homage to the first true love of her teenage years. Im giving away a copy of the other typist to one lucky winner, who i hope will talk about the book with me. 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.
A typist in a new york city police department precinct, rose is like a high priestess. 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 other typist by suzanne rindell overdrive rakuten. A young lady is sucked in by a colleague and as we travel through their relationship we have no idea how it will end. Suzanne rindell is a doctoral student in american modernist literature at rice university. The other typist by suzanne rindell everyday i write the. The other typist is a unique and compelling story that you will want to talk about. The other typist centers on rosea typist whoda thunk. This was the august choice for my inperson book club, and its a choice i very much supported. Throughout the novel she takes pains to point out that she is plainlooking. Girlxoxo and estellas revenge and i are so excited you all are back and ready to go. The other typist by suzanne rindell, the golem and the. The other typist pretends to be the story of a nice young woman entering the cutthroat world of police work in 1920s new york. Every day rose transcribes the confessions of the gangsters and murderers that pass through the precinct.
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. The end of the book where lieutenant detective, or frank, went to visit rose symbolized a turning point to me. Keira knightley will star in and take a producers role on the jazzage period piece the other typist, according to the hollywood reporter. Reading guide for the other typist by suzanne rindell. There is a reading guide with twelve thoughtprovoking questions.
The other typist is an easy read and perfect book to start the summer with. 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 down. What other book might you compare the other typist to and why. Philadelphia inquirer, best book of summer 2018 selection part mystery and part drama, meyerson uses a complex family dynamic in the bookshop of yesterdays to spotlight the importance of truth and our need for forgiveness. The other typist book central rappahannock regional. While she may disapprove of the details, she prides herself on typing up the goriest. The other typist by suzanne rindell reading guidebook.
Suzanne rindells novel the other typist is set in the prohibition about a mysterious who joins a police department typing pool, upsetting routines. So when you choose it for your book club, please invite me. I had a blast reading this and had my nerves scrambled by the end. The setting and the on the edge of your seatbecause you think you know what is coming up, writing. The other typist ebook central arkansas library system. Then odalie comes to work in the precinct and shes everything rose is not. A haunting debut novel set against the background of new york c. The other typist would make a great book club selection. It seems that a lot of readers were perplexed by the ending, and while i agree it could have been clearer, it. The other typist book central arkansas library system. 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. Ive made it up to around 5000 words per hour with dictation, while i only manage. 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 the spanish.
A typist in a new york city police department precinct. With a few strokes of the keys that sit before her, she can send a person away for life in prison. Whenever you close the covers, have a book friend handyyoull want to talk about the other typist. Keira knightley to star in the other typist film the. If you liked gone girl, you might enjoy the other typist the best book ive read so far this summer. Suzanne rindell is the author of the other typist and threemartini lunch. The other typist what the heck just happened spoilers. 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. The other typist by suzanne rindell is a very wellwritten psychological thriller set in the early 1920s in new york city. A mysterious central character, stunning writing and an ending that will leave you reeling. Then the ending was abrupt, and i just didnt get how that could happen. The other typist book club kit hennepin county library.
Three books down the line i am still trying to get my head around the ending of the other typist. Working as a typist for the nyc police department in 1923, rose baker documents confessions of harrowing crimes and struggles with changing gender roles while clinging to her victorian ideals and searching for nurturing companionship before becoming obsessed with a glamorous newcomer and her world of bobbed hair, smoking and. The bookshop of yesterdays by amy meyerson, paperback. Yet the lieutenant detective obviously finds her attractive, and at the end of the book. Life was one large board game, and odalie was just. 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.
But nothing in suzanne rindells novel can be taken at first glance. The other typist by suzanne rindell is a thrilling tale of the intoxicating and dark side of friendship new york city, 1924. I would love to get other readers takes on the ending of this book. The other typist suzanne rindell, 20 amy einhorn booksputnam 368 pp. You could make a onesitting read of the other typist.
Ripley and the great gatsby comes one of the most memorable unreliable narrators in years. 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. 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. Indeed, rindell pays explicit homage in an epilogue which, like the end of the good soldier, features the use of a suddenly produced penknife. Im sure she could have gotten out of that mess but there was no.
Any page references refer to a usa edition of the book, usually the trade paperback version, and may vary in other. The other typist by suzanne rindell 20, hardcover for. Ever so noir and a touch gatsbyesque, the other typist is a twisty tale of a clerical worker at a. This book had an interesting setting, a police station in the prohibition era. The other typist suzanne rindell, 20 amy einhorn books putnam 368 pp. Associated press readers will be charmed by this tale of selfdiscovery and new beginnings. Rindell spent most of her life in northern california sacramento and san francisco, but currently lives in new york city, where she is at work on a third novel. The other typist by suzanne rindell is a thrilling tale of the intoxicating and dark side of friendship.
Share the other typist by suzanne rindell 2014, paperback the other typist by suzanne rindell 2014, paperback 2 product ratings. The other typist by suzanne rindell 2014, paperback for. 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. Maybe the author just wrote a really bad ending to an otherwise good book. Pdf identity detection of typist relying on image processing. Suzanne rindell is the author of two novels, the other typist and threemartini lunch. The narrative just went on and on with nothing too exciting. In the end, it made me wonder why no one, not the editors, the first readers, her friends, didnt get her to earn any of the ending. Rose baker is an orphaned young woman working for her bread as a typist in a police precinct on the lower east side. 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, by suzanne rindell, depicts the decadence of the prohibition era. It is 1923, and while she may hear every detail about shootings, knifings, and murders, as soon as she leaves.
Where does the other typist rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far. But its new york, not the nice young woman, who should be trembling. But the end result is a mode of communication from one brain to another through the medium of words. A typist for the new york city police department, she. The acknowledgements in suzanne rindells first novel the other typist pay homage. 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. I know i wanted to call a friend and talk about it immediately after finishing it because i was so confused. 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. If nothing else, your club could discuss the ending. There are a few clumsy sentences and her habit of ending.
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