The Rapture
by Liz Jensen | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1408801108 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1408801108 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Plum-crazy of Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 2/8/2016
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Journal Entry 1 by Plum-crazy from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, February 8, 2016
In a merciless summer of biblical heat and destructive winds, Gabrielle Fox`s main concern is a personal one: to rebuild her career as a psychologist after a shattering car accident. But when she is assigned Bethany Krall, one of the most dangerous teenagers in the country, she begins to fear she has made a terrible mistake. Raised on a diet of evangelistic hellfire, Bethany is violent, delusional, cruelly intuitive and insistent that she can foresee natural disasters - a claim which Gabrielle interprets as a symptom of doomsday delusion.
But when catastrophes begin to occur on the very dates Bethany has predicted, and a brilliant, gentle physicist enters the equation, the apocalyptic puzzle intensifies and the stakes multiply. Is the self-proclaimed Nostradamus of the psych ward the ultimate manipulator, or could she be the harbinger of imminent global cataclysm on a scale never seen before? And what can love mean in `interesting times`?
But when catastrophes begin to occur on the very dates Bethany has predicted, and a brilliant, gentle physicist enters the equation, the apocalyptic puzzle intensifies and the stakes multiply. Is the self-proclaimed Nostradamus of the psych ward the ultimate manipulator, or could she be the harbinger of imminent global cataclysm on a scale never seen before? And what can love mean in `interesting times`?
I'm not one for tales if the apocalypse & the destruction of the world but this, although not without its faults had me gripped. In a nutshell a seriously disturbed girl appears to be able to forsee natural disasters. Psychologist Gabrielle Fox, Frazer "The Physicist" Melville & a band of scientists try to alert the world to an imminent disaster in order to save lives.
This story focuses on the weeks up to an event which would destroy the world as we know it & for me that was a key point...do you want to live in a world changed in ways which means that all forms life would be affected & have to adapt - & we' re not talking just getting used to no electric etc! Its happened before, so why shouldn't it happen again?
On the whole I found the storyline credible, interestingly the parts I found less believable weren't to do with the predictions (although I still don't know why Bethany had these visions - if it was all down to the ECT it doesn't explain why her father thought she had the devil in her) but more with the ease in which the group got their act together, ( the arctic "writing" etc) & at times Gabrielle's attitude to her relationship with Frazer was odd. Calling him "The Physicist " irritated me & she was far too ready to believe he was cheating on her with Kristin, she seemed to waver from being a strong independent character to being needy.
A very intriguing read & some parts will stay with me.
" That in terms of the life of this planet, blink & you will miss Homo sapiens altogether. We'll be an irrelevance"
"...the collapse of Homo sapien as a dominant species means the dawn of a new era for a million other life forms"
A scarey thought but true - after all why should man be so arrogant as to assume we will "live forever", when to the natural world we are no different to dinosaurs.....
This story focuses on the weeks up to an event which would destroy the world as we know it & for me that was a key point...do you want to live in a world changed in ways which means that all forms life would be affected & have to adapt - & we' re not talking just getting used to no electric etc! Its happened before, so why shouldn't it happen again?
On the whole I found the storyline credible, interestingly the parts I found less believable weren't to do with the predictions (although I still don't know why Bethany had these visions - if it was all down to the ECT it doesn't explain why her father thought she had the devil in her) but more with the ease in which the group got their act together, ( the arctic "writing" etc) & at times Gabrielle's attitude to her relationship with Frazer was odd. Calling him "The Physicist " irritated me & she was far too ready to believe he was cheating on her with Kristin, she seemed to waver from being a strong independent character to being needy.
A very intriguing read & some parts will stay with me.
"...the collapse of Homo sapien as a dominant species means the dawn of a new era for a million other life forms"
A scarey thought but true - after all why should man be so arrogant as to assume we will "live forever", when to the natural world we are no different to dinosaurs.....
Journal Entry 3 by Plum-crazy at Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (11/1/2016 UTC) at Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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Journal Entry 4 by Cross-patch at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Thursday, November 17, 2016
Looks interesting! And, I know my nearest and dearest will think so too!
Journal Entry 5 by Cross-patch at Peppercorns OBCZ in Anstey, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (5/9/2017 UTC) at Peppercorns OBCZ in Anstey, Leicestershire United Kingdom
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Leaving on the shelves after lunch with fellow BookCrossers.