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A review by oreosislife
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
5.0
Hello. I hope nobody's listening to me screaming about this book or they'd go deaf.
I can't believe I would love this book so much. Also a book with the main characters having a platonic relationship is something I love to avoid. I NEED romance in a book even though mostly I end up with hating it and shouting and screaming about how it wasn't necessary. I'm a hypocrite. I know.
“Sometimes i think if nobody spoke to me, i'd never speak again.”
So in this book we have Frances Janvier and Aled Last. Aled is the creator of a podcast "Universe City" and Frances is one of the biggest fans of the podcast. They unexpectedly becomes great friends after a drunken conversation leads to the revelation of Aled being the creator of Universe City.
This book hits so close to home. Idk about others but I was born with 3 aims in my life -
•get good grades
•get into a good college/university
•get a good job
If you know me well then you'd know how much of a boring person I am since I talk nothing but about getting into a good college. And I'm serious. I could talk to you for more than an hour about studies (I'M NOT KIDDING). That's the real me. I could feel the way Frances felt at school. Just like her, I was always that nerd to whom people talked to only when they needed help on some maths question or some physics numerical.
“Every time I thought I’d worked out what I really enjoyed, I started to second-guess myself. Maybe I just didn’t enjoy anything anymore.”
You know I have been preparing for my dream college since I was in ninth grade. But now getting into that dream college feels like a torture. I just don't want to go there. Or like work for it. I have just given up. Which makes me a very bad person but idc what anyone thinks. I just don't want to do it and I can't force myself to do something which is making me hate myself more. And here enters this book into my life. I have said this before and I'm going to say again - there wasn't a part in this book where I couldn't relate with the characters. It tells us how getting into a good college/university means nothing if you yourself don't want to go there. Look if you are someone who can't relate with me or with this book then good for you. I'm serious. I'll be very honest- I'm very very jealous of whoever you are.
Let's end my boring rant here. Let's talk about some interesting stuffs like Aled and Frances's friendship and how I envy them even though I love my friends to death (you know who you are) or Daniel and Aled and how Daniel's breakdown over Aled made me cry or Raine and how she's the type of friend I aspire to be. I loved all of the characters. Except for Aled's mom ofc. Oh my god words can't express how much I hate that bitch.
All in all I'm glad I read this book and I would recommend it to anyone who's having trouble with school or with their identity. You are not alone. There are people out there who would listen to you. I wish you all the best.
Dedicating a quote to my friends Aazra and Mary aka Unknown Reader who always listen to me - 'Sometimes I think we're the same person...but we just got accidentally split into two before we were born.”
(Haha I have been screaming this to them since a long time and I just saw this in the book and couldn't stop myself).
I can't believe I would love this book so much. Also a book with the main characters having a platonic relationship is something I love to avoid. I NEED romance in a book even though mostly I end up with hating it and shouting and screaming about how it wasn't necessary. I'm a hypocrite. I know.
“Sometimes i think if nobody spoke to me, i'd never speak again.”
So in this book we have Frances Janvier and Aled Last. Aled is the creator of a podcast "Universe City" and Frances is one of the biggest fans of the podcast. They unexpectedly becomes great friends after a drunken conversation leads to the revelation of Aled being the creator of Universe City.
This book hits so close to home. Idk about others but I was born with 3 aims in my life -
•get good grades
•get into a good college/university
•get a good job
If you know me well then you'd know how much of a boring person I am since I talk nothing but about getting into a good college. And I'm serious. I could talk to you for more than an hour about studies (I'M NOT KIDDING). That's the real me. I could feel the way Frances felt at school. Just like her, I was always that nerd to whom people talked to only when they needed help on some maths question or some physics numerical.
“Every time I thought I’d worked out what I really enjoyed, I started to second-guess myself. Maybe I just didn’t enjoy anything anymore.”
You know I have been preparing for my dream college since I was in ninth grade. But now getting into that dream college feels like a torture. I just don't want to go there. Or like work for it. I have just given up. Which makes me a very bad person but idc what anyone thinks. I just don't want to do it and I can't force myself to do something which is making me hate myself more. And here enters this book into my life. I have said this before and I'm going to say again - there wasn't a part in this book where I couldn't relate with the characters. It tells us how getting into a good college/university means nothing if you yourself don't want to go there. Look if you are someone who can't relate with me or with this book then good for you. I'm serious. I'll be very honest- I'm very very jealous of whoever you are.
Let's end my boring rant here. Let's talk about some interesting stuffs like Aled and Frances's friendship and how I envy them even though I love my friends to death (you know who you are) or Daniel and Aled and how Daniel's breakdown over Aled made me cry or Raine and how she's the type of friend I aspire to be. I loved all of the characters. Except for Aled's mom ofc. Oh my god words can't express how much I hate that bitch.
Spoiler
SHE FUCKING KILLED A DOG. I HOPE SHE DIES CHOKED WITH DOG POOPAll in all I'm glad I read this book and I would recommend it to anyone who's having trouble with school or with their identity. You are not alone. There are people out there who would listen to you. I wish you all the best.
Dedicating a quote to my friends Aazra and Mary aka Unknown Reader who always listen to me - 'Sometimes I think we're the same person...but we just got accidentally split into two before we were born.”
(Haha I have been screaming this to them since a long time and I just saw this in the book and couldn't stop myself).