And when someone reaches out a hand to help her up…well, she’s liable to pull them down with her. Here is a young woman who wants desperately to escape the toxic cycle of anger, contrition, and guilt she feels, but the hole she’s dug herself is just too deep. Reading Chloe made me question if we’re all a little sociopathic at that age. There’s Chloe, an aspiring actress and the titular receptionist, whose volatility cuts to the bone of how urgent every second of every day feels in your 20s. Where Myles shines brightest is her ability to lay bare the complex inner workings of her characters, which she does with a dexterity and authenticity that drew me in like its own gravitational force. Kate Myles’ debut novel, The Receptionist, is a tense, compulsively-readable domestic thriller with a surprise ending that I read, re-read, then read a third time the next day, just to let it sink in. Review: The Receptionist by Kate Myles (Thomas & Mercer, domestic thriller) Are you a Chloe, an Emily, or a Doug? (Hint: Don’t be a Doug.)
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