Radio Silence

By: Alice Oseman

Narrated by: Aysha Kala

Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

From critically acclaimed author Alice Oseman comes a smartly crafted contemporary YA novel, perfect for fans who love Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl. This is an utterly captivating and authentic teen novel from the author of Solitaire, which VOYA said “could put her among the great young adult fiction authors.”

Frances Janvier spends most of her time studying.

Everyone knows Aled Last as that quiet boy who gets straight As.

You probably think that they are going to fall in love or something. Since he is a boy and she is a girl.

They don’t. They make a podcast.

In a world determined to shut them up, knock them down, and set them on a cookie cutter life path, Frances and Aled struggle to find their voices over the course of one life-changing year. Will they have the courage to show everyone who they really are? Or will they be met with radio silence?

©2017 Alice Oseman (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Simply Exceptional, Kala is Spectacular!

What an exceptional story. The characters are unique, and so interesting.

If you have the chance to listen to this one in audio, definitely grab it! Aysha Kala is amazing! Their smooth and lovely voice is an absolute pleasure to listen to, and they come up with such creative and unique voices for each character. A really fantastic performance.

Amazing

Best story of friendship I’ve read in years. I was moved by the realism of the emotional abuse of alend.

Pls read this

i loved the whole thing and pls check out the other books they are all amazing

just wow

i am lost for words. i binged this in a day; it was that good. everything from the plot to the characters was perfect. my favorite par was definitely the characters: the way they were portrayed and described; there was this realness to them, they felt like real people; the way they were described in such detail, every little habit or pattern in their behavior was shown in the most subtle way possible which, like i said before, makes them so real and believable. each character is developed in a way that makes it seem like they have a life outside of advancing the plot like they are real people with real stuff going on even if they are only seen once in the entire story. the way the characters interact with each other and the world is just so well developed and so perfect (i’m really failing with adjectives right now).

i also really love the world building even thought places are not necessarily key points in the plot you get feel for the places that are around the characters that are often frequented or mention and it feels like it takes place in an actual place.

the plot is amazing and captivating but best part about this has got to be the emotion. the realness and rawness of it all how accurately and realistically different people express themselves in different ways weather but body language or speech or their actions.

i guess i should actually talk about the plot some. it takes its time developing the story without anything dragging on (honestly it’s just the perfect pace) to the point where it’s not something i thought about once while reading (with other books this bothers me a lot i am very important but like to savor things). the story has some mysterious and tense aspects that keep you on the edge of your seat, without being frustrating or too suspenseful. the story unfolds really nicely. and even though it develops well there are still turns in the plot and the story never fails to be interesting. as someone who is good at predicting plot outcomes form the begging i can say i had some fun suspecting some stuff but was never able to fully figure it out which kept the story satisfying.

i also think since i am reviewing an audiobook i should talk about the narrator. i personally really liked their voice. it’s crisp and clear without it being jarring. and it’s soothing without loosing your attention. i personally love the way they change their voice slightly for aled because i don’t think any other voice would work for him. their voice also works really well with frances.

i would definitely recommend this book and any other book by alice oseman to anyone (especially queer and ya/teen readers) as they are all beautifully written masterpieces.

Worth the hype!

I loved the radio silence voice it actually scared me because I sat in my room in the dark listening to the audiobook. the book was really slow at first. I loved the main character she had so much personality in her voice. I was really curious why people hyped this book so much because in the beginning the plot was average, but iI like how the plot was so simple and not dramatic. But the audiobook kept me intrigued the whole time. I also loved how Aled character is so quiet and a mystery in the beginning. I kinda wish the narrator was the radio silence voice through the whole book! The relationship between Francis and her mother was amazing. I almost cried. The relationship between Aled and Francis was so heartwarming because once upon a time I thought I had a friendship like them but I was wrong. This whole plot was Francis trying to figure Aled out lol. Its really hard to figure out quiet people. This whole plot was Francis putting so much effort into this friendship, which I don’t think many people can relate to because she went the extra mile. Usually people give up because the person has a lot of baggage.

Best book I’ve read/listened to in years.

My heart is so broken, but at the same time I’m so happy. As a high school student this book made me feel very understood. I’ve been recommending Radio Silence to all of my friends since the first chapter. 5/5

Im in love

I just cant explain how much i love this, i was sobbing for almost the whole book and i 100% recommend it 😩👌

This book was so great, so real and true to life!

I loved this book immensely and related to many parts of it - podcast related stuff as someone who has created a couple of podcasts myself, people ghosting others, the portrayal of an abusive mother, being worried someone you care for may be acting on suicidal thoughts, being good in school but having fandom interests in private, etc. I loved all the acceptance of various queer identities and the demisexuality was a big part of why I read it (I'm interested in reading a lot of things with a variety of ace and aro representation). The focus on friendship and insignificance of romance throughout the book was so refreshing, and the main friendship felt a lot like a queerplatonic partnership to me.

the book was wonderful and I'd highly recommend it :)

wish I had read it earlier

it's a beautiful book about friendship and the importance of having a support system. school isnt everything and people need to know that.

i adored this book

I loved the inclusivity of this book and how well it was told. I’ve been so sick of regular romances and this is not that. It wasn’t even a romance. It had romance in it but it was about so much more than that. The meaning being the podcast OMGGG. I LOVED THIS BOOK.