I didn’t understand the desire to go to university but know all too well the expectancies that are put upon teenagers to go. I chose not to go to university because – despite my high grades and academic tendencies – it never felt right for me. It made me want a frienship like that, that’s for sure.Ī lot of moments struck very close to home for me – not just things Frances was going through but all of them – and I found comfort in reading how they coped or didn’t cope. But the love in this book felt more real than any of the other stories I’ve read recently because the friendship Frances and Aled developed was genuine. Too many books make the main characters fall in love, making it seem like that’s all that matters. It was so refreshing to see a story where platonic love is shown with such importance. The relationship between Frances and Aled made me so happy. A lot of YA characters are treated as either straight or gay and it was brilliant to see this novel highlight so eloquently that there is a wider spectrum than that.
#Radio silence goodreads full#
I mean, sure people say ‘bi’ but not often have seen the full term used. I made a point about the word ‘bisexual’ being used throughout the book because I’ve found in most books that the word almost seems taboo. These characters are treated as human beings should be – like it doesn’t matter what your sexuality is as long as you are happy with your life choices! There are no jokes about it, there are no awkward pauses or moments of denial.
When the sexualities of these characters are discussed it is done so in a mature way. Secondly, there are LGBT characters and is written completely normally! Frances is bisexual and that word is used multiple times throughout the book.
More often than not, POC characters are typically the minority in YA fiction and it was such an amazing thing to see not only the main character but also a lot of the supporting characters get treated with so much love. At least not in the way this novel did.įirstly, the majority of the characters involved were POC. Also, the cameos for her Solitaire characters were such a nice touch.Ī lot of the subject matter covered in this novel was so appropriate for the day and age we live in that I feel isn’t talked about in literature as much as it should be. Alice has this way of rounding out even the smallest characters and turning them into something great. The same can apply for Aled and every other character, but I’ll get to that in a moment. As I mentioned before, a narrator needs an interesting voice to be able to capture the attention of an audience, and to me her voice never got boring – I never felt as though a scene was taking too long or moving too quickly.
She was relatable and quirky in a way that didn’t feel played out. I’ll admit that he fact she was a mixed-race character and also bisexual were what initially sparked my interest in this story, but that is only a fraction of why I loved her. The thing about a good story is it doesn’t have to be poetic or have an immense amount of metaphors – it just needs a main character with a voice that can captivate you, and that is what I found in Radio Silence.įrances was fantastic to read from the point of view of. There is something so honest about Alice Oseman’s writing that I always fall in love with her characters. Unfortunately, it also means that she has to deal with some pretty heavy consequences and finally open up about why Carys disappeared. Around the same time she meets Aled Last, the twin brother of her old friend, Carys, and rediscovers the side of herself she’d been keeping secret for so long. For years, she has been a devoted fan of a Welcome To Night Vale-like podcast on YouTube known as Universe City – and out of the blue, she is asked to be a part of the production making art for each episodes. Head girl and all-round study machine Frances’ main goal since she was a little girl was to make it into Cambridge university, however there is a side to Frances that she never lets anyone at her school see. Though it is not a direct sequel to her debut novel, Solitaire, it is set in the same village following teenager Frances Janvier. Released February 2016, Radio Silence is the second young adult novel written by British author Alice Oseman.
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