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A review by reddhead16
Deadline by Steph McGovern
emotional
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I pretty much read this book in one sitting. It drew me right in with the tenseness of the hijacking while Rose was on live tv with her family being held hostage and kept me hooked to find out why this all went on. The jumps between past and present nicely ramped up the tension until the end when all was revealed in a satisfactory way with justice being served and proving no one is above the law (or supposed to be anyways) and it can be accomplished by the cooperation of decent people.
The other thing I really enjoyed about this book was getting a behind the scenes look at what goes into an on the spot tv broadcast, from the talkbacks to how tricky it is to connect with the main broadcast and how it suddenly might cut a couple minutes off your time, or put the reporter on the spot right away. Talk about stressful! But it was interesting to read about and really made the story feel plausible. For a debut author I think this was well done and his expertise in TV himself made it well done. I am glad I got the chance to read this book!
The other thing I really enjoyed about this book was getting a behind the scenes look at what goes into an on the spot tv broadcast, from the talkbacks to how tricky it is to connect with the main broadcast and how it suddenly might cut a couple minutes off your time, or put the reporter on the spot right away. Talk about stressful! But it was interesting to read about and really made the story feel plausible. For a debut author I think this was well done and his expertise in TV himself made it well done. I am glad I got the chance to read this book!