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Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

292 reviews

holliesatchell's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

stardustandrockets's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I absolutely adore Aled! He needs to be protected at all costs. It's very clear his mom is mentally ill and abusive. This book gives a lot of context to Aled's character if you've only read Heartatopper.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, and Outing

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

HP references, assault

saskia_ej's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

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

nexusthegreat's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book! I have no idea why I put off reading it for so long. I felt like the plot twists were great, and I liked how we slowly discover new things about the characters as we go on (not just bombarded with backstories off the bat). There were conflicts up until the second to last chapter, but it was all resolved nicely. I know this is a standalone but if Oseman ever decides to make another book with these characters, I’ll be front of the line to preorder it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

24carrotgay's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Alice never disappoints!! I am continually enamored with her way of capturing characters’ complex humanity. Alice’s novels and novellas (that I’ve read so far) are poignant and emotional with themes of mental illness, friendship,  and rejecting the societal norms that force people into boxes. Radio Silence was no different.

I  was wholly mortified by Aled and Carys’ mother and at the edge of my seat, barely breathing, when Aled was making the decision at the train. And I was so stoked to see demi representation!!

All this to say: Alice Oseman is an artist and Radio Silence is a must read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Abandonment

jojothefool's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

Very cute, pretty fun, I enjoyed myself. The podcast plot made sense and was fun but idk it didn’t keep me super hooked or amazed or anything. I think I sometimes struggled to understand some of the deeper themes just in that there were a lot of them kind of all over. We have a major one with Frances and her schooling and the importance of grades but then there’s also the plot of the podcast but also their friendship and then Carys is missing and Aled’s mom is like cartoonishly villainous idk. Just seemed a bit scrambled, but again I did ultimately enjoy myself and had some fun. So very British too lol but reading the book was much easier to understand than listening to the audiobook

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

Moments and descriptions of intense depression

thesesusspace's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

OH CAROL LAST WHEN I FUCKING CATCH YOU

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

anjh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

something about Alice Oseman’s writing omg. it’s so good and poetic and makes you wanting more and it’s so easy to read. 

i really liked this book, i think it had a good element of mystery while also representing the chaos and disorganisation of teenage relationships, high school and choices around future and expectations. 

also had good anxiety rep and was interesting to see what happens behind closed doors in a household (fuck Carol Last)

to be honest i couldn’t really find myself getting into or really interested in the whole universe city stuff but the book was still good. 

would recommend to any Alice Oseman fans who haven’t yet read it or anyone who is into YA fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

missemmacrabtree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Alcohol