Title: The Date
Author: Louise Jensen
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
First published: June 21st 2018
Publisher: Bookouture
Finished reading: June 3rd 2018
Pages: 315
“It’s far easier to deal with the black and white rather than the shades of grey lurking in the darkest depths of our minds.”
*** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and Bookouture in exchange for an honest review. Thank you! ***
I have been staring at this review for a week now and I still can’t get something proper on paper that isn’t the phrase: ‘just read the damn book‘. Because frankly, The Date left me speechless and blew me away and I’m still not sure how to properly turn this love into a coherent review. Time is ticking away though, so here is me giving a try anyway. First of all let me start with the basics. The fact is that Louise Jensen is one of my favorite thriller authors and of course I had very high expectations about her newest title The Date. I had no doubt this was going to be another excellent read, but what I didn’t expect was to get my socks knocked off and find a new absolute favorite. Holy cow, what a read! I literally dropped everything I was supposed to be doing after reading the first few pages and couldn’t put it down until I reached the very end. Not only is the writing sublime, but the suspense is spot on and I’m always a sucker for the amnesia element. Especially in this case, where the main character is unable to recognize faces (prosopagnosia) after trauma, which is something I had never came across before and is truly fascinating. This element plays a key role in the development of the plot and plot twists and without doubt adds a lot of suspense and intrigue to the story. But The Date doesn’t bet on one horse and an intricate web of twists, little hints and unlikeable discoveries is cast over the plot in a way that will have you fully absorbed. You can guess all you want about the ending and maybe even get one or two little facts right, but you will never be able to guess the full truth early on. The Date is one of the best psychological thrillers I’ve read this year and without doubt a new all time favorite!
Alison Taylor’s Saturday night started out normal enough. She has recently separated from her husband, and her friends have convinced her to go on a date with a man she met online. While nervous, she is excited to be taking this step towards a possible new future… But what she doesn’t know, is that her life is about to change forever. Because when she wakes up the next day, she is home alone, hurt and has no memory of what happened to her. Even worse, when she looks in the mirror, she doesn’t recognize her own face… And as turns out, she doesn’t recognize the faces of her friends and family either, along with the face of the person who is trying to destroy her in the first place.
Bring out the superlatives and invite them to this review party, because I’ll need a lot of them to describe my feelings about The Date. I read a lot of thrillers, but this story was simply something else. The Date ticked all the right boxes for me and more, and I literally dropped everything to read this psychological thriller. Fascinating, highly addictive and utterly absorbing! If you are a fan of the genre, you simply MUST try this one. Trust me, you won’t regret it.
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5 stars, wow! I really have to get to know this author! Great review!
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Oh you should! I can highly recommend all her psychological thrillers.
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Ooh! Great review – you’ve definitely got me wanting to check out ‘The Date.’ 😀
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I can highly recommend this one! Only my third full 5 star read of the year as I don’t hand the rating out all that often. 😉
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I rated it a 5 too. I was seriously sleep deprived because I wanted to find out what was going on! Great review.
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That’s great to hear! I started it early so I was able to finish it before it was really late, but I would have done the same otherwise. 😉
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Fantastic review!
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Thanks!
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Ok I’ll read the damn book 😊. Great review!
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Haha I hope you will enjoy it when you do! 🙂
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I haven’t read this author yet but I’ve seriously only heard good things about her books! Mighty review- I love it when those 5 star reads just hit and I really like that quote you opened with! 🙂
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Louise Jensen is a fantastic psychological thriller writer! I can highly recommend all of her books… Although this one is hands down my new favorite. 🙂
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🙂 Brilliant…
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