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Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

72 reviews

anjh's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Torture

saomah5566's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Animal death

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, and Child abuse

Minor: Stalking and Child abuse

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad slow-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

5.0

🎙️ Podcast

💻 Fandom Dorks

🤝 Wholesome Friendship

Radio Silence was such an amazing read.  I seriously love this book so much.  The way Alice Oseman can write platonic love gets me every time, the friendship between Frances and Aled was so wholesome and meaningful.

The plot to this was a bit darker than I was expecting but it was addicting to read.  I will say though the timeline near Alex’s birthday got a bit confusing to me.

The characters all had their own problems and no matter how “perfect” people thought they were it wasn’t as it seemed.  The loneliness, the stress of trying to figure out their future despite top grades Frances and Aled weren’t as perfect as they appeared.  This book was funny, depressing, wholesome, and, lonely somehow all at the same time.  And it was absolutely lovely.

I’d also like to say how iconic Frances’ mom was, absolutely loved her and her unicorn onesie.

Release Date: 23, April 2019

POV: First Person

Rep: Bisexual (MC), Demisexual (SC), Gay (SC), Depression, Burn Out, Anxiety, University Stress, LGBTQIA+ characters, BIOPIC characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Outing, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

bernie_b's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

5.0

It's one of my favorite books so far ; I loved all of Alice's books though. She's an amazing writer.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

odette_tbdk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

Me inspiró a hacer mi propia cuenta de escritura. ¿Tengo que decir más?

Cómo con todos los de Alice, me sentí profundamente identificada con los personajes, especialmente con Frances y Aled. Yo también dependo de la validación académica y me gustan los podcasts, ¿ok?

Son personajes que te pueden llegar a frustrar, pero entiendes sus motivos, sus miedos, aspiraciones y cómo la vida adulta los confunde tanto. Ver como evolucionan y salen de sus moldes es hermoso. El final es el mejor que se le pudo haber dado.

Muchísimos puntos por tocar el tema de la demisexualidad en 2014. Alice for the win.

Definitivamente lo recomiendo (Welcome To The Night Vale, voy por ti).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Animal death, Body shaming, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Abandonment, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia

bennoyb's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, and Gaslighting

aliveandnotlovingit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i am literally Aled Last.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

estefizaga's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Bullying

panic_at_the_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

I am a big fan of how this book focussed on friendships. The bit of romance that occured was only a side-story. The characters felt so real, because they had such natural reactions and each one of them had realistic strengths and flaws. 

I think Alice Oseman showed us another perspective on friendships, romance, family/parents and university. Romance isn't the most important thing in life, at least not to everybody out there. Friendships are amazing but they face struggles as well. Parents don't always know what's best for you and definitely don't always do what is best for you. This story showed how parents can be pretty toxic too, however there weren't a lot of explicit scenes making this book a bit easier to get through without making it seem less important to do something about an abusive connection you have. 

The only thing I struggled with were the sometimes chaotics timeskips. Sometimes I wasn't fully sure what exactly was happening and where which character was, making the story a bit messy to follow here and there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts