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Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

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sunsetdreamsmog's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? Yes

4.25

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sienna1508's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful 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

Really great characters - unique and relatable. Also, the story is enjoyable, having happy and sad moments. This book is not a typical romance but I like how the boy and girl main characters can just stay friends.

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withlivjones's review against another edition

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emotional 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

4.25

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, Alice Oseman just understands today’s teenagers in a way that very few other authors do - especially the teenagers who don’t “fit in”, who would rather spend an evening inside scrolling on Tumblr than out socialising. They write realistic young characters who have flaws, make mistakes, and are unashamedly cringe, and they are so relatable. The protagonist of Radio Silence, Frances, has built her entire identity around being clever and responsible and one day going to Cambridge, but what she doesn’t realise is that people and goals can change dramatically over the years. What happens when you have worked your whole life to be someone you no longer are? Frances, like so many other characters in Oseman’s books, makes me feel extremely seen and validated.

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sidbar's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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alisazhup's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

This book took me back to my 2016 Tumblr fandom era! I loved the internal monologue, stream of consciousness writing style because it was so easy to follow. I loved getting to know Aled, Frances, Raine, Daniel, and Carys as they navigated their futures after finishing school. I could very much relate to "School Frances" and her outer studiousness and cleverness coupled with her inner nerd. AND IT WAS SO REFRESHING TO SEE A STORY WHERE A BOY AND GIRL ARE FRIENDS AND DON'T FALL IN LOVE!!! And a YA book where romance doesn't take over the entire plot! I am loving Alice Oseman's work :)

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missisis's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful tense 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

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panic_at_the_bookshelf's review against another edition

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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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