This renews her concern about Aled and also allows her to work out the mystery of "February Friday" who is a Universe City character who doesn't appear in any of the plots but who is addressed by Radio Silence as though they are talking directly to this character. Frances is on the path to Cambridge, even though she's not quite sure why she's so determined to get there. I hope we’ll see more of her in other books but I’m not sure she’s going to be in one of the others? When they got to know each other and started to work on “Universe City” I was so happy for them but the more Aled’s mother and the fandom of Radio interfered, the more their friendship got under attack.

it's like Alice cut out my brain, and like dig in through it , and wrote everything I have been thinking for like my entire lifetime ! Because Radio falls in love with all sorts of people, boys and girls and other genders and … like, aliens and stuff. That was his personal space his safe haven and she destroyed it because she thought it was too messy? It's a story about friendship, about what it's like being a teenager and not knowing what you want from life, about mental health and sexuality. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB.XD Also the distinction between “School Frances” and “Normal Frances “ was amazing and very relatable. Even when my bone dust drifts over the City walls, I’ll be living and I’ll be flying, and I will wave and laugh. At the same time, Frances begins to doubt how much Aled actually wants to go to university September and question her own reasons for working so hard for school. If you want an academic review, I'll tell you AO uses her narrative devices selectively and skillfully. I also loved that in this book not all the characters needed to be in a relationship or have a love interest by the end of the book!

I just couldn't relate at all to the storyline, and the overarching conflict of the characters not wanting to go to college ended up being so flat with such an easy solution--then don't? The most honest and authentic account of modern teenage life that you’ll read this year… outstanding contemporary fiction with appeal to fans of John Green.It plays with the idea of the internet as a medium that can connect people all over the world but it also illustrates how easy it is to hurt people and their privacy. This is my spoilery spoiler section and if you haven’t already read the book: Well, pirates ye be warned! It's one of those books I kinda think should be gone into without knowing too much because I think the brilliant thing about it is how much depth it has underneath it's surface. This book is about Aled and Frances friendship, and the podcast Universe City, but it's also about a lot more. Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past… She has to confess why Carys disappeared… Meanwhile at uni, Aled is alone, fighting even darker secrets.

There’s so much pressure in society nowadays to find a romantic partner - romance is portrayed as being the only way to love and be loved. It is not included in promotions available to our main range products, as stated in our terms of service. I pretty much adored everything about Radio Silence, and my only tiny (really tiny) complaint being that the word 'literally' was used one too many times for my liking. of books have that moment where you roll your eyes because of some big misunderstanding, where you know that if they'd just talk, it could be sorted out in a minute. Since then I found so many others, but Aled will always have a special place in my heart due to him being from my all time favourite book.Look, I don’t know how to say “I love this book” in a way that will make your heart ache as much as mine does and I hate being so clumsy with words but I REALLY REALLY WANT YOU GUYS TO READ IT. But this is also the kind of novel I can picture being analyzed by some college class a hundred years from now discussing teenage society in the 2010s - a stunningly specific yet strangely universal story. If something’s hard, if I have to talk to someone about something difficult, I just avoid it and ignore them, as if that’ll make it go away. The things people say to other people, especially the people they claim to idolize, not even thinking twice about how that’s another breathing, living, human being on the other side of the screen that is reading your hurtful words. Alice Oseman’s writing style in ‘Radio Silence’ is very grounded and authentic - she’s only 21 herself which is absolutely incredible, and in my opinion makes her very relatable to this generation of young readers.

I couldn’t quite believe how much I seriously loved Aled Last, even if it wasn’t in the ideal way that would make it socially acceptable for us to live together until we die. When Frances meets Aled Last, the shy genius behind her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom.Daniel might have appeared to be a study machine but deep down he was a really nice guy and it was pretty obvious that he cared about Aled. The supporting characters, including Frances's mom, are also incredibly well drawn, authentic and complex.