A review by unisonlibrarian
The Rapture by Liz Jensen

4.0

I was slightly apprehensive about reading this book as the cover and title suggest a pseudo-biblical, evangelical romp through a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah. Happily, I can report that this is not the case and it’s a fast paced thriller that satisfies though remains somewhat predictable throughout. The first person narrator and central character is a paralysed therapist who is assigned to the case of a teenage matricidal girl who she discovers can also predict, with unnerving accuracy, upcoming natural disasters. Some of the other characters could have done with a little more developing including the love interest for Gabrielle Fox (central character) of whom we never quite find out his background and how he came across the story of Bethany Krall (patient). Minor niggles aside this not-quite dystopian thriller ticks the relevant boxes of any Michael Crichton or Clive Cussler and is probably better written as well. The emotional scenes are quite touching and the action hurtles along to the inevitable climax and closing monologue surrounding global warming and impending ecological doom.