A review by half_bloodreader
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

challenging dark hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
**Read for Jordan Ford's Summer Reading Challenge 2020. Prompt 11. A book with a cover that made you want to read it without even looking at the description; & for #LgbtqMonth, prompt: blue cover**

Diverse cast. Aspec character.

I've read I Was Born for This (which is actually more recent) before Radio Silence]; and I've found these repeating elements:

- mcs who focus all their happiness into one thing and that is a fan thing. It's the only thing they have.
- mcs who don't have close friends
- need for communication/miscommunication
- mental health (not as directly topical as in I Was Born for This)
- public personas vs our need to be accepted for who we are ("Be yourself!" is very much the biggest theme)
- the good & bad of fandom
- low self-esteem & escapism (all mcs have so little love for themselves and are quick to take all the blame and carry it alongside all the guilt of the world at their backs) It's my fault! Mate, no, it f*ing isn't!! Their own self-esteem has self-esteem issues
- angel, angel, angel
- Joan of Arc (just light mention)


PSA: Take care of your friends/partners who are under the influence of substances
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