The Rapture (Hardcover) by Liz Jensen

from jmchshannon

From the opening paragraph, I was instantaneously sucked into Liz Jenson's not-so-future world. The entire book is both fascinating and terrifying. Gabrielle's personal tragedy is horrific, and the reader struggles through her emotional swings along with her. Having literally lost almost everythi...

from tina1969

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 psyc...

from kraaivrouw

When I was in middle school, we lived in Dallas, Texas. One of the things I remember vividly from living there was a huge billboard of what Dallas will be like at The Rapture. A huge Jesus towers over the skyline & souls are wafted to heaven from the cars moving along through the rush hour freewa...

from kraaivrouw

When I was in middle school, we lived in Dallas, Texas. One of the things I remember vividly from living there was a huge billboard of what Dallas will be like at The Rapture. A huge Jesus towers over the skyline & souls are wafted to heaven from the cars moving along through the rush hour freewa...

from mckait

This is an incredible read. I am not usually a fan of apocalyptic novels. I am a fan of this book. Bethany Krall is being held in Oxsmith, a secure psychiatric Hospital for adolescents. She is there for killing her mother with a screwdriver. Bethany plunged her weapon into her mother again and ag...