Review by SweetMelissaV2131 -- The Broadcast

[SweetMelissaV2131]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The Broadcast" by Liam Fialkov.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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The Broadcast by Liam Fialkov is a story about a woman named Sarah, who when she was 16, had her baby taken away from her and put up for adoption. The story then jumps to twenty-two years later. Sarah and her husband, Jonathon, get drawn into the hype and excitement of a television show that can document events from the past at an unusual filming angle. The events are “filmed” from a distance, almost as if they are filmed from space so the perspective is that of someone looking down at what is transpiring. The big question that everyone has is how exactly are these events filmed? Has an invasion of privacy of the people been breached? How is it possible for TXB Television Network to go back in time twenty years and also centuries to film the historical events that have occurred since almost the beginning of time?

When Walter Lindsey, the producer at TXB Television Network gets bombarded with requests from all over to reveal his source of the materials, he does not waiver. He stands his ground to protect his source, which leads many people to start looking into the shady details behind the broadcasts. There are many characters whose sub-stories within the main plot end up intermingling with Sarah’s life. It is kind of like a six degrees of separation type of scenario where almost all the characters paths cross in some way or another. The story also ties in the concept of the past catching up with a person in the present day. This was a very intriguing story!

The Broadcast really surprised me in a good way. I did not realize that there was so much more to this book and story. The numerous characters, at first, were a little hard to keep track of. The more I read along though, it got easier to pinpoint which parts were filler characters with minor details and which ones were the pertinent characters that needed to be remembered. I did not realize that there was historical content told within the story but that did not cause a problem either while reading this book. I am not normally a history buff but the way that Liam Fialkov intertwined historical references in the story in a summarized way made me enjoy that aspect of the story. He did not bore me with drawn-out historical commentary.

I have to admit, the story did start out a little slow for me. There were also a few times that I found myself skimming through the beginning of some of the chapters because there was a lot of summarizing on the part of the author. It was almost as if this book was initially intended to be released in segments instead of one full complete book. That style of summary writing would have worked perfectly if I did not read the book non-stop. I found myself intrigued enough that I WANTED to learn more about the characters and how all the pieces eventually fit together so I barely took a break while reading this book.

I give this book a 4 out of 4 rating because I could not put it down once I started reading it. I also found myself thinking about the storyline and the characters while I was cooking dinner or doing my grocery shopping. I had so many questions that I wanted to be answered and those questions did get answered in the end. There were some minor typing errors that I caught while reading this book but it was just missing quotation marks here and there during dialog between the characters. It probably would not be too noticeable to the average reader. I definitely will be reading more of Liam’s work in the future. I really enjoyed his style of storytelling!

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The Broadcast
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[Laura Ungureanu]

The plot and the characters sound amazing. I liked your introduction, it was clear and captivating. Great review!

[SweetMelissaV2131]

The plot and the characters sound amazing. I liked your introduction, it was clear and captivating. Great review!

Thanks so very much Laura! I rushed myself when doing this review and my score reflected it BUT lesson learned...take my time in the future!

As for this book...it really did captivate me! I usually do get envelopes in the books I read but this one was different for in a sense that I still can't describe without sounding crazy. LOL

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment!