After finishing *The Other Typist* by Suzanne Rindell, my *book review* can only be expressed with a long, drawn-out sigh. This *historical mystery* left me... well, I'm still processing it.

First of all, let me say that I was dying to give this book five stars...but there were a few big things that meant that I couldn't.First off, what I liked: Oh my gosh. Suzanne Rindell, the author of The Other Typist, has a truly great voice. The wording was excellent, and it pulled me in from the get-go. She knows how to create atmosphere without bogging the book down in pointless detail, and that is a skill that is lacking far too often in books. She didn't use a lot of words when she set her ...

The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell is one of those novels with just the right amount of suspense and intrigue to keep you guessing right until the very end. This captivating book review explores why it's a must-read. The story centers around Rose, who is employed as a stenographer in a New York Police Department and appears to be innocent, naive, and somewhat staid in her ways. Rose's life changes forever the day the other typist is hired to work in her department, and we see Rose become obse...

This book review of Suzanne Rindell's excellent debut, The Other Typist, suggests the author will no doubt go on to write some great stuff. I could easily see this historical fiction novel as a movie. However. There were some elements (no spoilers) that just weren't quite believable. And I have some historical quibbles. No one will care but me - I'm just satisfying my urge to nitpick: 1. The protagonist claims a typing speed of 160 wpm. The world speed record was 147 wpm in 1923. I type 92 wpm...

3.5 starsWell, I feel like I need a cigarette and a martini.What to say about this book, *The Other Typist*? It's such a mind-fuck that it's hard to piece together, and I'm not certain that the story (or the ending) actually makes sense.Set in mid-1920s New York during Prohibition, the novel follows Rose (the narrator) who becomes obsessed (perhaps sexually) with another typist at work: the beautiful, charming, alluring, mysterious Odalie.Rose and Odalie are typists at a New York police station....

The opening line of "The Other Typist" was captivating: "They said the typewriter would unsex us."But from there, it was all downhill.This was hands-down one of the most disappointing, poorly written novels I have read in the past few years. The premise excited me: an intrigue/thriller set in 1920s "speakeasy" New York. Sounds good, right? But for all the author's excess use of adjectives, I got no sense of place from her writing. The characters may bob their hair, go to speakeasies and drink ho...

This is a brilliantly written, twisty tale of obsession, betrayal, and murder. I absolutely adored it! While perhaps not as bleak and complex, Suzanne Rindell's *The Other Typist* (a gripping mystery novel) immediately brought to mind Claire Messud's *The Woman Upstairs*. Both novels feature self-absorbed, repressed, and ultimately unreliable narrators. In each, the protagonist becomes acquainted with, and then utterly obsessed by, a smooth, sophisticated, and charismatic individual—someone who ...

Moderately entertaining, I suppose, but *The Other Typist* by Suzanne Rindell 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 this histo...

I don't know how I can properly review The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell. My head is still reeling from that ending.This mystery novel is a delicious mix of 1920s crime, punishment, and mystery. Just who are Rose and Odalie, really? I still don't know. Which one is Ginevra? Were either of them *ever* Ginevra?I am a sucker for a poisonous relationship in a book and all that it can bring, and this one is TOXIC. Odalie is mesmerizing to everyone, even the reader who should be able to see through ...

I feel really really bad saying this, but it was a disappointment for me. The set up sounded so juicy, but it didn't live up to it for me :(Overall, I found it superficial, melodramatic and unbelievable. By that I mean, I believe these characters could have indeed existed as people and that these events could indeed have happened, however I did not believe the development was sufficient in making the characters multidimensional and circumstances were insufficiently described.Now, I know a lot of...