Radio Silence: TikTok made me buy it! From the YA Prize winning author and creator of Netflix series HEARTSTOPPER

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We follow Frances, a girl who is dead set on going to Cambridge... even though she doesn't really seem to understand why she got on this path in the first place or remember why it matters so much to her. It's always been her plan, so it must have been the only good option, right? When she gets involved in a YouTube podcast that she loves, through making meaningful relationships and valuing art in a new way, she starts to understand that there isn't one right option. If she hadn’t already done it with Solitaire, then Oseman has definitely nailed the teenage voice with Radio Silence, and not only has she nailed it, she’s blown it out of the water. Oseman has captured the unique pressures faced by teenagers, from school, what happens after school, relationships (but not necessarily those for love, mind you) and she’s thrown them all into this novel. This book takes so many themes that every teenager faces, and crafts them into a story in such a great way that everyone in some way can relate to this story. Most teens have felt the struggle of academically achieving versus doing what you want with your own life, but Radio Silence takes it, gives it to Frances and makes it into something relatable and interesting to read about.

Okay. Let me go with the old classics and start off by stating what I know: a synopsis and the few concrete opinions I have. Oseman’s strong suit is, undoubtedly, her characters. Rich, engaging and impeccably written, Solitaire has a fascinating range of characters you can’t resist getting behind. Radio Silence boasts just as good a cast and what’s instantly noticeable is that it’s significantly more culturally diverse than Solitaire. Alice Oseman is entirely aware of this. The Nominees for the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD. 18 January 2023 . Retrieved 27 January 2023.Caught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances’s dreams come crashing down. Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past… Aled... he's always been weird. He doesn't care what people think. He doesn't even, like, register the social norms... he's just caught upin his own little world." The only thing I can criticise - and where I had to take away half a star - is the clichéd drama. But that shall be forgiven. 99% 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. This is an Alice Oseman book so the reps and the diversity were amazing! We have Frances who’s bisexual and English/Ethiopian; then there is Aled - the second MC - who is demisexual and his best friend/boyfriend Daniel who is South Korean and gay! Rain a friend of Frances is Indian and last but not least there’s Carys – Aled’s sister – who is a lesbian. So you just gotta love the diversity in this book! Also I think Aled is showing signs of depression but it’s never really verified. (though pretty much implied!) BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 23 November 2023 . Retrieved 24 November 2023.

I am in love with Alice oseman , her books , her YouTube channel, her art, her hair , her outrageous clothing style , basically her , and yess I have written shit load of messages to her , and I am still waiting for a reply ! Drawn to reading: Using comics and illustrated stories to promote literacy in children". Irish Examiner. 19 February 2020. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020 . Retrieved 25 February 2020. Durham student secures a two-book publishing deal". Durham University. 31 July 2014 . Retrieved 26 January 2021.Alice Oseman writes teenagers so well. Every character in this book talked, felt and read like a real teenager of their age. I think the teen culture was so accurate ... memes, facebook, texting and getting drunk in a random ass field all came up and I was here for it. I recently made a post about things I want to see more of in YA Books and to my absolute delight this book honestly hit every single point I was going to be happy. Wasn’t I? I was. Uni, job, money, happiness. That’s what you do. That’s the formula. Everyone knows that. I knew that.” Frances is obsessed with Universe City, a YouTube podcast show about a suit-wearing student detective looking for a way to escape a sci-fi, monster-infested university. I'd like it if someone were to rescue me soon. Oh, I'd like that very much. I'd like that. I'd like that very much indeed

Oseman wins YA Book Prize for 'Loveless' ". Books+Publishing. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021 . Retrieved 11 May 2021. Being clever was, after all, my primary source of self-esteem. I’m a very sad person, in all senses of the word, but at least I was going to get into university.”

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IPA Reveals Nominations for the 27th Satellite™ Awards". International Press Academy. 8 December 2022 . Retrieved 8 December 2022. Aled decides to restart Universe City. The book ends with Aled performing Universe City live at Live!Video. Earlier titles for Radio Silence were ‘Universe City’, ‘The Academics’, ‘Young Adult Machine’, ‘Cosmic Noise’, ‘Nothing Left for Us’ and ‘Magic 18′. However, all of them were denied by the publishers. And for a second there I was troubled that this was going to become a love story, but I needn't have worried. First off, I want to talk about how people always hail Fangirl as the book they related to going into college, but I think Radio Silence does everything Fangirl does, but a million times better and more relatable. Both of these stories are about kids going into college, unsure of what they want out of life, both feeling like outcasts that can never truly be themselves. Both of these books even focus on fandoms and hidden identities. Hell, they even break up the mainstream story with stories from the fandom they love. The parallels are endless, and I’m not here to be negative about Fangirl, but I only thought that story was okay, where Radio Silence touched my heart and spoke to my soul.