Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

12 reviews

navayiota's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Read it in two sittings.. Started it on a sleepless night and finished it not even 24 hours later. I don't often get to read such easy books. Stories that practically read themselves to you. Always nice to find a new favourite. I related to all of the characters so much, and although I got a bit angry at them for making such stupid decisions, I still love them. This is the kind of book you annotate and gift to your favourite Tumblr mutual. I might do that, actually. 

I got trans girl vibes from Aled from the beginning, so I was sad when I realised it wasn't the case. All queerness is welcome though, and I'm glad to see asexual (specifically demi) representation!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, and Stalking

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement

rat_girly's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I really enjoyed this! I found the protagonist, Frances, uncannily relatable. I loved how friendship was at the centre of the story rather than romance, and loved the development of the main friendship throughout the book. Oseman did an excellent job of demonstrating how parental emotional abuse and manipulation works. The mystery element of the storyline also had me intrigued, and I wish Universe City was real! Overall a really enjoyable read, much more so than Solitaire which I struggled to get through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Animal death, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Minor: Blood, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Cursing

cookiecat73's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

This was my first novel by Alice Oseman (although I've read heartstopper online), and I really liked it!

Something I wasn't really aware of going into the book was that a main part of the plot revolves around things happening online, and a youtube channel called universe city, and if I'm honest, it was my least favourite part. I loved the characters, but I found all the internet drama a bit too overdramatic and although the plot was good, I think I would have enjoyed it more if it was less over-the-top. I also found it a little too fast paced? I think some of the emotional scenes could have done with a little more time, things could feel a little rushed at times, or there was a time-jump which I felt skipped over too much.
The characters were definitely my favourite part, I thought they were all really good.
Some thoughts on the ending:

I think I would have prefered the ending to have been a more low-key scene with just the friends hanging out and recovering and healing and starting to thrive and re-adjust to the new lives they're building for themselves, rather than another dramatic scene with Aled's internet fame being the happy ending, although I did like the way it was done. I was also sort of hoping Aled was going to come out as non-binary at the end, becuase he often mentions how much he relates to radio and feels like he is radio, and radio is agender. Also with the whole hair thing. Again, I'm okay with how it ended, I just would have liked that :)

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Blood, Outing, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

Oh. My. Goodness. I don't know where to start.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Alcohol, Stalking, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

robyn_fenix's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Self harm

mme_carton's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual harassment

tomoonarmy's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Violence, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Animal death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

avagrossman's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

nojerama's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

I have never seen myself in a character more than I have with Frances. Her and Aled's friendship is my favourite thing in the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Child abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Violence, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

lainiereads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective

• 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

i LOVED this. i wasn’t sure i would cause Solitaire was iffy for me (still good, but not my fav) but it was so so good. 

i really love the narration style of Frances. like she’s telling a story that already happened, but she also doesn’t know what’s going on a lot of the time. 
and then Aled? absolutely amazing. his story was so sad and painful at times, but the ending was so beautiful. it was a perfect way to wrap up his story and give his character a sense of hope. 
also Frances’s mom was amazing. one of the best book moms i’ve ever seen, i love her. 
every character in this book was beautiful (except that one character, you know who she is) and i love them all. 

there were times while reading this that i was genuinely stressed for the characters, but it was so worth and it could not put it down. i think this is my favorite of Oseman’s novels (i haven’t gotten to read Born For This yet). Heartstopper is still the best though <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury