“Well, I have an idea of what I think happened, but I’m usually reluctant to share it, because I don’t like robbing a reader of any theory developed on his or her own. It also works with the author’s rather coy comments on the ending of The Other Typist – This theory also works better with the epilogue, particularly with the last line and the bit where ‘Rose’ cuts her hair. You see an interesting little crossover between the personalities with the Vitalli case and also played out with the flirting/ disapproval of the Lieutenant Detective. Rose ‘spying’ and keeping tabs on Odalie and the contrast between being judgmental and trying to win her affection work with this theory. I haven’t seen this film or read the book but after she gave me a quick rundown, I agreed that the most likely scenario was in fact that Rose and Odalie are multiple personalities of Ginevra. When I discussed the ending with my best reading buddy, her first response was “ Fight Club“.
So then there’s the possibility of Odalie being one of Rose’s alternate personalities (and therefore Ginerva is also the same person). Two can play at this game.” At that point, with Rose stuck in a mental institution, if there was any ‘game’, Odalie is surely the winner?! Huh.įurthermore, I had trouble matching the stolen identity theory with the last line of the book – “How about that, Odalie, I think, and take another drag of the cigarette. So you go from thinking that Odalie did it to ‘knowing’ that Rose did. This theory works right up until the epilogue and then it falls apart because Rose mentions the look in Teddy’s eyes as he fell off the balcony. It would have been in Odalie’s interests to pin Teddy’s death on Rose and Rose, already somewhat unstable, discovered that she had been well and truly betrayed by the person she considered her only friend. If we focus on the delusional/ deluded scenario, it complements the idea that Odalie stole Rose’s identity (and that Odalie and Ginerva are the same person) – elements of the ending support this, particularly around the death of Teddy. Initially, I was more attracted to the delusional element of this diagnosis rather than the split personality bit of schizophrenia simply because I felt that as well as being delusional, Rose was deliberately deluded by Odalie for much of the time. My first reaction to the ending was that Rose was completely delusional and more specifically had schizophrenic tendencies or schizophreniform disorder. ……seriously, your last chance to stop reading…. hit ‘back’ on your browser if you haven’t read the book….
Because I have been talking about the ending of this book non-stop and I still don’t feel any closer to an answer. But if you are in need of a discussion regarding the ending, I understand. It’s an insanely good story and there’s no point spoiling it for yourself. If you haven’t read The Other Typist and you’re looking for a review of the book then please, please, please stop reading this now.
THE OTHER TYPIST FULL
This is the most controversial post I’ve written and am likely to ever write on this blog because, as a rule, I don’t do spoilers.īut this post is full of spoilers and the only way I’ll sleep at night after hitting ‘publish’ is knowing that in all probability, the only people who’ll be reading it are those that have already read The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell and had the same reaction as me when they reached the ending (which was “Whaaaaaaaat?!).
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