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Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

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24carrotgay's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Alice never disappoints!! I am continually enamored with her way of capturing characters’ complex humanity. Alice’s novels and novellas (that I’ve read so far) are poignant and emotional with themes of mental illness, friendship, and rejecting the societal norms that force people into boxes. Radio Silence was no different.

I was wholly mortified by Aled and Carys’ mother and at the edge of my seat, barely breathing, when Aled was making the decision at the train. And I was so stoked to see demi representation!!

All this to say: Alice Oseman is an artist and Radio Silence is a must read!

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jojothefool's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Very cute, pretty fun, I enjoyed myself. The podcast plot made sense and was fun but idk it didn’t keep me super hooked or amazed or anything. I think I sometimes struggled to understand some of the deeper themes just in that there were a lot of them kind of all over. We have a major one with Frances and her schooling and the importance of grades but then there’s also the plot of the podcast but also their friendship and then Carys is missing and Aled’s mom is like cartoonishly villainous idk. Just seemed a bit scrambled, but again I did ultimately enjoy myself and had some fun. So very British too lol but reading the book was much easier to understand than listening to the audiobook

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thesesusspace's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

OH CAROL LAST WHEN I FUCKING CATCH YOU

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anjh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

something about Alice Oseman’s writing omg. it’s so good and poetic and makes you wanting more and it’s so easy to read.

i really liked this book, i think it had a good element of mystery while also representing the chaos and disorganisation of teenage relationships, high school and choices around future and expectations.

also had good anxiety rep and was interesting to see what happens behind closed doors in a household (fuck Carol Last)

to be honest i couldn’t really find myself getting into or really interested in the whole universe city stuff but the book was still good.

would recommend to any Alice Oseman fans who haven’t yet read it or anyone who is into YA fiction.

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