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false <![CDATA[The Rapture]]> 6386076 2 Girl, Interrupted meets The Dead Zone in this utterly compelling drama about a paranoia that starts inside one murderously insane teenage girl's head and then grows to encompass the whole world. With gothic intensity, Liz Jensen conjures the unnerving relationship between Gabrielle, a physically and emotionally damaged therapist, and her patient, sixteen-year-old Bethany, who is incarcerated in a British psychiatric hospital for the brutal murder of her mother. Delving deep into the psyche of her fascinating, manipulative patient, Gabrielle is confronted by alarming coincidences between the girl’s paranoid disaster fantasies and actual incidents of geological and meteorological upheaval. Coincidences her professionalism tells her to ignore—but which her heart cannot. As Bethany’s warnings continue to prove accurate beyond fluke, and she begins to offer scientifically precise hints of a final, world-altering cataclysm, Gabrielle is confronted with a series of devastating choices. Only to discover that in a world on the brink of apocalypse, belief is as precious—and as dangerous—as life itself…. 6574300 11 8 2009 The Rapture total:71|5:7|4:24|3:27|2:10|1:3| 71 235 286 36 3 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 05:35:08 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 09:05:21 -0700 2009
Summary: It is the not too distant future and the world has entered a new phase, one where global warming has happened and temperatures, weather and climates are no longer what they used to be. Gabrielle Fox is a ...more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 09:53:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 14:00:29 -0700 2009

Denise Black reads from Liz Jensen's eco-thriller and a nitty gritty tale it is too.

In a merciless summer of biblical heat and destructive winds, Gabrielle Fox's main concern is a personal one: to rebuild ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 09:35:31 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 15:30:37 -0700 2009
As you read this, at times you want to love her yet there are times when her vicious tongue makes you want to give her a good slap....more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu Aug 13 07:37:26 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 07:37:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 21:43:51 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 21:45:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 19:24:42 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 19:24:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 13:20:08 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 13:20:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 13:16:38 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 12:06:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 15:47:10 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 20:16:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 19:33:24 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 06:01:36 -0700 2009
Literary more than any other genre, this was at first a difficult rea...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 09 13:03:50 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 17:46:10 -0700 2009 So in the fi...more...]]> 3 1 true true Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 20:43:28 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 09:16:01 -0700 2009 I only gave it three stars for a few reasons. 1) There were a LOT of grammatic...more...]]> 4 7 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 17:33:07 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 07:41:20 -0700 2009 The Rapture isn't one of the greatest books I've ever read, it was an excellent read that gave me characters to care about and ideas to think about. While the story wraps up in a shocking manner, the story itself contains enough ambiguity to leave some things up to the reader's experience and...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 01:39:26 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 01:49:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 15:40:42 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 12:55:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 11 11:41:02 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:41:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 06:39:49 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 09:55:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 03:59:55 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 08:22:46 -0700 2009
To a large dose of Jensen-esque signature psychological storyline, add:

Doom-laden eco-babble
Token romanticism
Festering religious fanaticism
Daft and annoyingly unnecessary references to Facebook and the London Olympics
A fleeting glimpse of police...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 18:05:56 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 16:26:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 18 08:19:46 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 13:39:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6450382