Review: The Date by Louise Jensen

The Date by Louise Jensen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I loved The Sister,thought The Gift was ok,was totally mind blown by The Surrogate and therefore was really pleased when I was approved to read an arc of The Date.It started off so encouragingly,loads of twists and turns,danger,suspense and multiple suspects. I love how Louise Jensen uses different concepts and plot devices in her thrillers and Prosopagnosia (face blindness) is most definitely something that I have never heard of. It must be absolutely terrifying to realise that you don't recognise the faces of the people around you including your loved ones. It's certainly a different slant on the usual amnesia that is used so often in books and films and is not something that I am going to dismiss as nonsense just because I have never heard of it

The authors depictions of the main character Ali`s fear and solitude as she struggled to cope with not only the Prosopagnosia but also with the threats and intimidation from her mysterious tormentor or tormentors came across as realistic and believable.As Ali tries to work out what happened to her in the club that fateful Saturday night,why she woke up at home,hurt and alone and why she has no memory of what happened,she begins to doubt everyone around her. Who can she trust and why has her house mate and best friend Chrissy suddenly disappeared? I struggled to feel any sympathy or form any connection with Ali and the more the story progressed the more annoying she became.Actually most of the characters in this story are untrustworthy,manipulative and unlikable.Ali`s tormentor or tormentors could have been anyone out of a number of characters,the mystery of that person or person`s identity keep me guessing and I was genuinely surprised when the truth was revealed.My personal issue with the story was the parts that covered Ali`s past,I felt these parts dragged at times and at one point I was tempted to not finish the book.I get frustrated when a story is flowing alone nicely and holding my attention and then a character suddenly flashes back to an incident in the past and you suddenly find yourself reading pages and pages of back story that break the flow of the events happening in the present day.

So unfortunately I enjoyed certain parts of this story more than others and was left feeling a bit disappointed but that won't stop me eagerly waiting for Louise Jensen`s next book or any other books that she releases in the future.


                                                              AUTHOR BIO

Louise Jensen is a Global No.1 Bestselling author of psychological thrillers The Sister, The Gift & The Surrogate. To date Louise has sold approaching a million books and her novels have been sold for translation to nineteen territories, as well as being featured on the USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestseller’s List. Louise was nominated for the Goodreads Debut Author of 2016 Award.

Louise lives with her husband, children, madcap dog and a rather naughty cat in Northamptonshire. She loves to hear from readers and writers and can be found at www.louisejensen.co.uk where she regularly blogs flash fiction and writing tips.


PUBLICATION DATE : 21st June 2018

PUBLISHER : Bookouture

GENRE : Psychological Thriller

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