Official Review: The Broadcast by Liam Fialkov

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The Broadcast by Liam Fialkov

Excellent review of this book. It provided a clear understanding of what to expect in this interesting mystery. It is different from most other books I have read, but I found it held my interest and by the end of the sample reading I wanted to know what comes next.
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Thanks for your review. A mystery with a time travel twist sounds intriguing. I too am a fan of more dialogue and less narration, but I will give this one a try anyway.
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With a story this long, readers should be able to see strong character development and become connected with the book, so it is a pity that the ending was rushed. It does sound like a very interesting story. I am curious as to how the individuals you mentioned get so caught up in the broadcast and what happens to them because of it. It was a great review!
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Oooooh. Your review gave me a very exciting view about this book. I love mystery and thriller books and i am sure i will enjoy this book as much as you did. I am into the idea of time travel and solving murder cases.

Thanks for an amazing review.
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Based on the review, I can see that this book is full of mystery and conspiracy theories. Thanks for being the BOTD.
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Post by Kat Berg »

I am not a fan of books revolving around time travel, but the sample I read from this one has me hooked. I hope the going further and further back in time doesn't get old as a premise of the story, but I do want to know what happened in the 25-year-old case.
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The way the reviewer wrote about the perspective in which the story is written was really helpful. I like how I got to know about this book and I'd like to read it because of the intriguing plot.
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Post by kwame1977 »

Viewing a show that no one has watched before will actually put me in suspense. A book filled with mysteries and great plot with flawless grammar is great. It unfortunate the ending felt a little rushed. This is a minor limitation. Great review. Thanks, Liam Fialkov.
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Great review. This is definitely my type of book. A TV station broadcasting films of things that happened in the past , is it a hoax or is it time travel? I'll definitely be adding this interesting novel to my TBR list and congrats to the author for being BOTD.
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Thank you for review .The story line sounds intriguing .I am curious enough to read it find out if the time travel show is a hoax or not and how they did it . :techie-reference:
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Mystery is my thing therefore I will go for this book.Thank you for the nice review.
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You had me until the rushed ending and lack of dialogue. I, too, like to figure things out, especially in a mystery or thriller. That said, this looks like such an interesting book. I may read it just to find out what happens. I'm so curious.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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It looks like a really good book. I can feel your disappointment with that lack of a good story built on the reunion of some characters, it actually pique my curiosity and would make me want to consider reading the entire book.
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I love books with mystery and history so i'll give it a try
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I read a few pages of the sample, and love this cover. The story doesn't look like it is meant to be fantasy, so I'm a little surprised by the review that says it has some of that. I guess I wouldn't mind a little of that, but generally I like books that are very realistic. I wonder if I would like the book. So far from what I have read the writing is very good.
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