Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

456 reviews

erinn_wilkins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

thestarlesscasea's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Stalking

ohwowlola's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

A rather non-stereotypical YA novel with two struggling main characters and a big focus on the power of friendship. Heartwarming :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, and Child abuse

chaneoosthuizen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child abuse

Minor: Alcohol

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

teddyloves2read's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Child abuse

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

beth_gk28's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

alannaiona's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I would have been absolutely obsessed with this book as a teenager. I feel like it is a must read for any high-schooler who puts pressure on themselves to get the best grades or who isn’t sure what they want to do after they leave school. It was a tense yet beautiful story that explored so many themes but never once felt rushed. True friendships blossomed, uniqueness was celebrated, sexual identities were explored, school and home pressures were tackled. There were cliff hangers and “omg WHAT” moments that I really enjoyed, paired with a happy ending - that’s my kind of story!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death