‘A rollicking eco-thriller that successfully marries high-octane action with a prescient overview of the dangers of climate change. Ditching polemical tirades for a filmic immediacy, this smart, salient author creates a scenario in which environmental calamity is the backdrop to a gripping tale of love, death and religion’
‘The Rapture makes chilling reading… Jensen writes with energy and chutzpah about the scarily possible… electric and elegiac.’
‘Combining the tensions of modern psychology with scientific speculation and social analysis in a speedy plot, Jensen puts me rather in mind of Margaret Atwood. There’s the same ability to keep the emotional observations sharp but sophisticated, and the same comic flouting of stereotypical femininity… a cracking read *****’
‘The considerable achievement of The Rapture is to render its heroine so susceptible to physical or mental harm, and place her in such repeated peril, that you’re never quite confident until the last page that victory will be grasped… Beautifully structured… a masterclass on how to write an engaging thriller about a relevant contemporary issue while still respecting the reader’s brain cells.’
‘Vivid… Jensen has proved herself a skilful, witty writer in earlier novels, and The Rapture is often an absorbing embodiment and exploration of our fears about climate change.’
‘Paced like a thriller with elements of sci-fi, the supernatural and old-fashioned romance, this is a highly original yarn with a serious undertow that pulls its schlock-horror elements into something that is genuinely thought provoking and disturbing.’
‘A gripping literary thriller to see you through airport delays.’
‘Liz Jensen’s novels are hard to label, beyond them all being wildly original, and her seventh is no exception… Gripping and crammed with ideas, with big, topical themes and well-drawn characters.’
‘Liz Jensen always manages to spook her readers with her mind-bendingly original blend of contemporary Gothic, zeitgeist anxiety and scientific possibility.’
‘A fast-paced plot buoyed by a wealth of paranormal intrigue… Jensen skirts the moral boundaries without shrillness, exposing humanity as less wicked than wilfully myopic.’
‘Jensen is a talented writer who makes her characters entirely plausible… Pair this with a supporting cast of dedicated scientists, bureaucratic villains and a narcissistic fundamentalist preacher, and you’ve got the ingredients for a first-class page-turner.’
‘Jensen’s pace at raising the stakes is enacted with the precise efficiency of a pro; she satisfies the reader’s burgeoning desires at every turn, pulling out the stops for the novel’s climax, where she delivers titanically… A rompingly good apocalyptic read.’
‘One of the very few books I have dreamed about… A terrifically gripping read.’