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nadolskais's review against another edition
5.0
This book has characters that were SO relatable. Both Frances and Aled. They just seem like real people. You could just pull them out of the page and a full fledged person will come out.
Their friendship was like a whiff of fresh air. They love each other so much and that's more than enough. Romance doesn't need to be a thing in their relationship for their love to be valid.
The whole deal with school was so relieving to read. It showed that uni doesn't need to be the end-all be-all to your life. It doesn't matter if you're good at school or not, you can still make a life for yourself.
I really love Frances and Aled's friendship, but I felt that Aled was too harsh on Frances after the cat came out of the bag with his secret identity. I know he was really stressed, but that doesn't mean he can just yell at her and blame her for everything. It wasn't all her fault. They both messed up. I'm happy they clear everything up in the end.
This is probably my favorite Oseman book to date. It's awesome.
Their friendship was like a whiff of fresh air. They love each other so much and that's more than enough. Romance doesn't need to be a thing in their relationship for their love to be valid.
The whole deal with school was so relieving to read. It showed that uni doesn't need to be the end-all be-all to your life. It doesn't matter if you're good at school or not, you can still make a life for yourself.
I really love Frances and Aled's friendship, but I felt that Aled was too harsh on Frances after the cat came out of the bag with his secret identity. I know he was really stressed, but that doesn't mean he can just yell at her and blame her for everything. It wasn't all her fault. They both messed up. I'm happy they clear everything up in the end.
This is probably my favorite Oseman book to date. It's awesome.
mementomorivv's review against another edition
5.0
This actually made me cry, haven't done that for a book since 2014? This hurt, I love it, I should sleep now, it's 5am
junosdaughter's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
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
4.25
deepthoughtbubble's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
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
4.75
“Hello.
I hope somebody is listening.”
absolutely beautiful.
I have no words.
okay. fine.
this started off on a great foot. I wasn't extremely interested around the middle of the story, but it picked up again in the end.
the writing wasn't extremely complex, but that only made it feel more real, more about a group of teenagers just entering university, entering the defined "age of adulthood."
I loved the dialogue of the characters, how relatable the characters felt, and, well, quotes such as these:
“It must be useful to be smart," she said and then laughed weakly. She glanced down and suddenly looked very sad. "I'm like, constantly scared I'm going to be a homeless or something. I wish our whole lives didn't have to depend on our grades.”
"I think by now, February, we’ve, as they say, ‘lost touch’. Not that we ever touched in the first place. In the end I’m still only ever looking where you’ve looked, I’m only ever walking where you’ve walked, I’m in your dark blue shadow and you never seem to turn around to find me there.
I wonder sometimes whether you’ve exploded already, like a star, and what I’m seeing is you three million years into the past, and you’re not here any more. How can we be together here, now, when you are so far away? When you are so far ago? I’m shouting so loudly, but you never turn around to see me. Perhaps it is I who have already exploded.
Either way, we are going to bring beautiful things into the universe."
"'And I was so... I thought I was so smart. I thought I was the smartest person in the whole world.'
He shook his head.
'But now...I'm just... when you get to this age, you realize that you're not anyone special after all.'
He was right. I wasn't special.
'It's ... all I've got,' he said. 'This is the only special thing about me.'"
the fact that the public only finds radio silence's identity through those green shoes really say something. Something so inconsequential, revealing everything. Something belonging to one person, telling everyone everything.
gouricanread's review against another edition
4.0
I read Alice Oseman's Solitaire almost 5 years ago. I liked it at the time but I wouldn't say that I was a fan. I decided to read Radio Silence after hearing Kat (Paperbackdreams on YouTube) talk about it in her videos.
I have to admit that I loved the book. I love how realistic the author has made it. It explores a lot of important issues and not in a way that makes it look like it's trying hard to do so. The main character is Frances. She is a little bit like all of us. She is someone who did not make me want to punch myself on the face multiple times. Moreover, someone who did not take up the whole narrative, which is something, I feel, a lot of young adult books are lacking when it comes to protagonists.
The book is based on the problems of the educational system. The pressure and the competition that students battle everyday through exams, authority figures as well as family. This was something that I could relate to, a lot. The author made sure that it was not exaggerated. A lot of us have studied something for years thinking it's what we want, only to realize later on that we couldn't even figure ourselves out as individuals or know what we really need in the first place because we were too busy with the rat-race.
I loved the relationships in the book. It has beautifully captured the platonic relationship and doesn't spend much time rambling over whether or not the two main(relatively) characters in the book (don't worry,not a spoiler) will end up together. The relationship that Frances has with her mother is also something that I adored.
What made the book different from anything I have read recently in this genre is the fact that everything the characters in the book did had very realistic consequences, which is something I appreciate a lot. Whenever someone reads a book and start loving it, I feel like, we get attached to a characters or start admiring them and it's always the best to make them flawed. It makes us feel like it's okay not to have it together all the time and that things can always turn out to be better if we keep working hard. Thank you, Alice Oseman, for putting a good book out there for us to read.
Overall, the book is amazing. I urge you to read it. It doesn't make you wanna saliva vomit or choke yourself to death when you read it. It makes you wanna smile and read more.
P.S.
I didn't share much of the plot here because I don't wanna take anything away from your reading experience. I believe that reviews are takeaways that they have or personal comments on how someone feels after reading a book. Anyone can find the blurb or the plot online and some people like diving right into it without knowing a thing.
I have to admit that I loved the book. I love how realistic the author has made it. It explores a lot of important issues and not in a way that makes it look like it's trying hard to do so. The main character is Frances. She is a little bit like all of us. She is someone who did not make me want to punch myself on the face multiple times. Moreover, someone who did not take up the whole narrative, which is something, I feel, a lot of young adult books are lacking when it comes to protagonists.
The book is based on the problems of the educational system. The pressure and the competition that students battle everyday through exams, authority figures as well as family. This was something that I could relate to, a lot. The author made sure that it was not exaggerated. A lot of us have studied something for years thinking it's what we want, only to realize later on that we couldn't even figure ourselves out as individuals or know what we really need in the first place because we were too busy with the rat-race.
I loved the relationships in the book. It has beautifully captured the platonic relationship and doesn't spend much time rambling over whether or not the two main(relatively) characters in the book (don't worry,not a spoiler) will end up together. The relationship that Frances has with her mother is also something that I adored.
What made the book different from anything I have read recently in this genre is the fact that everything the characters in the book did had very realistic consequences, which is something I appreciate a lot. Whenever someone reads a book and start loving it, I feel like, we get attached to a characters or start admiring them and it's always the best to make them flawed. It makes us feel like it's okay not to have it together all the time and that things can always turn out to be better if we keep working hard. Thank you, Alice Oseman, for putting a good book out there for us to read.
Overall, the book is amazing. I urge you to read it. It doesn't make you wanna saliva vomit or choke yourself to death when you read it. It makes you wanna smile and read more.
P.S.
I didn't share much of the plot here because I don't wanna take anything away from your reading experience. I believe that reviews are takeaways that they have or personal comments on how someone feels after reading a book. Anyone can find the blurb or the plot online and some people like diving right into it without knowing a thing.
sarah_chapman's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-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