Reviews

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

jgnchwalinska's review against another edition

3.0

3,5

lj99's review against another edition

5.0

Guys, Eliza slayed picking this book
| just absDiutley LovE Alice Useman and everything I've read bu ner and she Just envokes feelings throuch her books that no other author/ creator can. Like Eliza said, If you haven+ read / watened hieartstopper.
HIGHlY recommend! (I cried si much the first time I wattened it be of now it made me feel VoD) ThIS DOOK is not the same nappy vibes but the way she writes Onaracters I just can + help but be attatoned to them. like Aled + Frances are not perfect but they are just 900d + I just want to shake them and tell them how amaring they are. I also Love the Writing stule it reminds me of My. mind lol. ThX Eliza I Loved it a lot! (I copy and pasted this from a sheet of paper and it didn’t work but it gets the gist lol)

hamate_714's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

p1amelie's review against another edition

4.0

alice really outdid themselves… wow this book was so good and im left smiling. thank you for validating that some people don’t want to go to uni and thats okay wether you do or not. thank you for validating how much pressure is put on students to do well in academia. thank you for creating such a beautiful and platonic friendship between two queer people that was so amazing to read about.

compared to solitare this book was amazing and i would highly recommend!

booksonthefloor's review

5.0

I think Alice Oseman is just my absolute favorite author right now. I was nervous to read this. While still set in the Heartstopper timeline, I knew it featured none of those familiar characters other than Aled (although Nick, Charlie, and Tori are alluded to very briefly)... and Aled is my least favorite character. That has seriously changed. Similar to Solitaire, this is so, so much more than a "Heartstopper book."

This book was a beautiful look at teenage depression, identity, and search for belonging. The main characters truly create a "found family" by the end of the book. This is a book that I will pick up to read again, and again, and again.

rainbowrobyns's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

5.0

hyejin_ah's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

0.5

shadower's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.25

enhays04's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

3.0

issianne's review against another edition

4.0

3.5. This book is beloved by so many. And I think I can see why. Frances and Aled are pretty endearing together as quickly-made best friends. I appreciated the complete platonic tone of their relationship; you rarely read of friends of the opposite gender being strictly friends. The novel dives into the topic of mental health, and I thought Oseman did a great job portraying depression and anxiety. There were moments of grayness that I found jarringly realistic. With all that said, I don't think I was the proper age to fully absorb everything from this story. If I was still in high school or a teenager (particularly a senior in high school or college freshman), I believe I would've been struck with profoundness. Also, I cringed so many times at the pop culture references and "not-the-cool-kid" statements. Give me a couple nerdy references, okay. Give me nerdy references on top of the weird fashion and inability to be understood by the general public, I start to feel too old and too mainstream for this story.