I would take it - reception is not an easy job at all, but I think it has some definite positives. You do have to have a certain mental toughness IMO, because you will be asked for things you cannot provide, and like all frontline jobs there will be people who are determined to give you a hard time. However, in a GP practice you can build relationships with people over time, get to know them and their families, see them through tough times, celebrate the good ones. It's also quite hard to be bored on reception IMO, though not impossible.
I would say you need to be efficient, physically energetic and hardworking, VERY discreet (if your practice has this thing of receptionists asking loud intimate questions before booking an appointment, it needs to stop- a good practice doesn't do this IMO), but also very empathetic and to understand that not all people react the same way to the same approach - the older guy who loves a good dirty joke once a week when he comes for his blood test may be different from the wound-up-as-tight-as-a-string mum of three living with her disabled mother. You also need to be the sort of person who, when you have just locked up the building at the end of a hard day and remember that there is a window open at the far end of the building, you open up the building again and go back to close it, rather than saying 'it'll be fine'. Of course, better still, be the sort of person who doesn't leave the window open in the first place!
I must say, it's a tough job, but those who love it stay a long time IMO. You really are part of the team in a good practice.