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Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

58 reviews

mir_frog73's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

This was the best oseman book I’ve read! It was incredible I read it in 2 days. It was just amazing and reading Ollie’s copy just made it so much better! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

sawol's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

fanboyriot's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

🎙️ Podcast

💻 Fandom Dorks

🤝 Wholesome Friendship

Radio Silence was such an amazing read.  I seriously love this book so much.  The way Alice Oseman can write platonic love gets me every time, the friendship between Frances and Aled was so wholesome and meaningful.

The plot to this was a bit darker than I was expecting but it was addicting to read.  I will say though the timeline near Alex’s birthday got a bit confusing to me.

The characters all had their own problems and no matter how “perfect” people thought they were it wasn’t as it seemed.  The loneliness, the stress of trying to figure out their future despite top grades Frances and Aled weren’t as perfect as they appeared.  This book was funny, depressing, wholesome, and, lonely somehow all at the same time.  And it was absolutely lovely.

I’d also like to say how iconic Frances’ mom was, absolutely loved her and her unicorn onesie.

Release Date: 23, April 2019

POV: First Person

Rep: Bisexual (MC), Demisexual (SC), Gay (SC), Depression, Burn Out, Anxiety, University Stress, LGBTQIA+ characters, BIOPIC characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

hazelwood's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

Reread this book since I found a copy at a random thrift store. Just as good as I remembered! This was the first book I ever read with an ace-spectrum character, so I will always cherish it for that reason. The characters face pressure to succeed academically and go to college, which is a very important theme and one that really resonated with me when I read it as a teen. And this is one of the few books I've read which actually centers friendship instead of romantic relationships. I really wish the podcast were real so I could listen to it. See my review circa 2018(?) below.
 
One of the best books I have read this year, maybe even this life! I laughed, I cried, I flailed my arms like a crazy person because I didn't know what to do with all the feelings. Basically, it was one of those books where it feels like you are leaving your best friend when you return it to the library. Highly recommended read!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

purplesaturday's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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

4.75

I really enjoyed listening to this book. The characters felt like real people I could actually meet, and I felt really connected to them. I wish I had a friendship like Frances and Aled’s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Acephobia/Arophobia

kits_den's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

olliee's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

This may be my favorite book of all time. The characters were amazing, they were so developed and thought out SO WELL.. it’s hard to think they aren’t real people. I’ve never felt so many emotions reading.. it could have me go from angry, to sobbing my eyes out and unable to catch my breath, to absolutely grinning ear to ear- so hard I thought my cheeks would crack. There’s so much about Aled that I relate to.. and I loved Radio Silence so much.: it was so interesting and beautiful. Please check triggers before reading though.. I won’t lie- there was some very VERY heavy topics.. and some well described topics of depression and mentions of suicide, child abuse etc… but this is definitely a book that will forever stick with me, and I’m so glad I stumbled upon it. This may be one of my top favorite books of all time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Physical abuse and Violence

Minor: Animal death

raesansom's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Stalking

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

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

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

moonmi_xo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. This was my second introduction to Alice oseman after I read 'heartstopper' on webtoon. I can say that a few scenes made me fell like crying when I was in the middle of class,  :

I was absolutely shattered when the went to save aled and when she saw his room it reminded me of myself, but when they told him he didn't have to go with his mum and he has his own choices I was relieved as i felt like saying "fuck you bitch!" in the middle of class lol.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Fire/Fire injury