The Beautiful Liar

“The Beautiful Liar” takes advantage of the podcast format by telling a story within a story through audiotapes. As well as by having a blind protagonist who has an invisible sidekick named “Shadow.” The protagonist is also a musician, like X Ambassadors who have created the show, further taking advantage of the audio format for a dual purpose, to serve the story as well as a new album, I’ve heard. Fear not, this fiction podcast isn’t just a promotion vehicle. It’s well thought out with an intricate plot with twists and turns that pan out. As well as a developed teenage girl protagonist who is blind, has powers, and is also rebellious and chock full of hormones. And she has multiple secrets, as well as the other’s characters have their own. A very good story worth a listen, with a decent soundtrack and sound design. I even wished for a bit more music. Has potential with some dark trauma and genuine healing. I could wish for more complexity. If you want a short-ish listen (there was many ads, but thankfully blocked together in about four two minute segments and lengthy end credits), some innovative story telling, and a memorable and entertaining cast of characters, give this podcast a listen.

This podcast & the acting is amazing! But there are too many ads in this one considering how short the episodes are… & like the rest of the Qcode stories, we probably won’t hear anymore from beautiful liar which is a shame. I know putting these together takes a long time, but I seems like Qcode is more worried about making new stories rather than finishing ones they’ve already started.

I don’t know how I missed this when it originally came out. The Beautiful Liar album is my favorite by X Ambassadors, and this is amazing. I want a sequel so much!

The production value and story was awesome! However they never bothered to actually finish the story, which I found to be a major letdown .