![]() Whereas Solitaire hinted at a romantic relationship between Tori and Michael, there are no grey areas when it comes to Radio Silence. Friends are there to be friends, and friends only, which is really refreshing. The friendship between Frances and Aled:Ī boy-girl friendship where there is zero romance or sexual tension.R E A S O N S T O L O V E R A D I O S I L E N C E: Different to usual, but a gushing review is always a pleasure to write. We went out and bought copies of Radio Silence, before we received copies from the publisher and this is definitely a book I’m happy to own more than one copy of!īecause we loved Radio Silence so much, this review will be a list of everything we loved and why we loved it. Basically, the book asserted that everything is normal, and completely fine, which is exactly what teenagers need to hear. ![]() Radio Silence continues this trend, and includes messages about doing what you really want to do, regardless of what others expect from you and sometimes what you think you’re future should be, isn’t what it will be, and that’s OK. After reading, we’d consider Radio Silence a necessary read for any teenager stressing about university and school expectations. Solitaireestablished her as an author that understood teenagers and what they went through on a daily basis, the struggles and the successes. After Solitaire made it to the top of our favourites list in 2015, we couldn’t wait to see what Alice Oseman would write next. Radio Silence was one of our most anticipated releases of 2016. at one point, frances even addresses the idea and dismisses it.We received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. they share a completely platonic, yet still fulfilling, relationship. One of my favourite things about the book is the fact that aled and frances do not share a romantic relationship in any way. radio silence is one of her favourite books, and she was a massive influence in my decision to buy and read radio silence. i follow a booktuber who’s known as paperbackdreams, or kat. as a reader who has experienced similar things, i was able to relate to carys and aled.Īll in all, the book deals with many issues and handles them quite well. carol takes away all privileges if she doesn’t approve of marks they receive. carys and aled are made to feel as though they have nothing to offer if they don’t do well academically. One of the more mature themes radio silence deals with is a different form of abuse. aled doesn’t want to go to university - he wants to continue working on universe city.įrances originally applies to university to study english literature, but after certain events take place, she discovers she wants to study art. The book covers themes of sexual and romantic orientation, as well as things like university and such. frances likes sci-fi movies, patterned leggings, art and sebastian stan. frances comes out as bisexual to aled later on in the book. she is shy at first, but when with aled, she tends to be outgoing. ![]() he makes her feel as though she’s never experienced true friendship before him.īut then the fragile friendship they share is shattered.įrances is the main character from radio silence. frances discovers she can be herself around aled, more so than any of her other friends. over the summer, they create multiple episodes of universe city, while bonding over random experiences and sharing similar likes and dislikes. this starts a friendship between the two. One day, when drunk, aled confesses that he is the creator of radio silence. ![]() she creates art for the podcast and uploads it to tumblr.įrances is the headgirl of her school, and the headboy, daniel jung, has a friend from the boys’ secondary, aled last, who happens to visit the school the very night that frances is asked to be an official artist for the podcast. frances is obsessed with a podcast on youtube called universe city. the book centers around frances janvier, a british girl in year 11. Radio silence is a teen novel by author alice oseman. I wanted to make this blog so i could talk about a super-inclusive lgbt+ book that i’ve recently read.
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