I started the Other Typist at the end of December but couldn’t get into it, I ended up reading Best of Enemies and Most Talkative during breaks from the Other Typist which may explain why I have no clue what I just read. I’m not great at reading multiple books at one time… Rose is a young typist with the NYPD during Prohibition; she was raised an orphan who received a scholarship to school where she learned to type as an opportunity to support herself. […]
The Woman Upstairs. You wouldn’t like her when she’s angry.
This novel appeared on several 2013 “best novels” lists and it seems to fit into a genre that’s very popular these days, featuring a narrator whose truthfulness and mental well being are unclear. As I read, I was reminded of novels like The Other Typist and The Dinner, but The Woman Upstairs carves out its own place. The narrator comes across as abrasive yet sympathetic, a flawed human deserving compassion and yet somewhat self-involved, too. This contradiction compelled me to stay with the story and find out […]