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Radio Silence

 

Radio Silence
Written by Alice Oseman

Originally published in 2016
About 474 pages
Rate 9/10

My summary of Radio Silence

One night when Frances is hanging out with her best friend Carys, they kiss and Carys gets very mad about it. The next day, Carys disappears.

It's been a few years now and Frances still thinks about Carys daily. However, Frances has become very academically inclined, top of her class, head girl, and for the most part, it's been fulfilling. Frances fills her time with stressful schoolwork, drawing fan art for her favorite podcast with an anonymous host,  and occasionally spending some time with her friends.

One day she get's a Twitter message from the host of the podcast about making art for the episodes and soon discovers it's someone she knows.

My thoughts on Radio Silence

I think this is a perfect book to read for everyone of the same age group as the main characters and maybe even beyond that. During this time of our lives, we rely on what we built our foundation on even if our foundation wasn't made out of the right material to begin with. Sometimes, what we are comfortable with, it's always what's best for us. It can make things worst; living your life for someone else.

The back of the book explains that this is not a romance book. If you go into this book thinking it's going to be about romance, you are going to hate it. Life is about more than romance and finding the perfect partner in a timely matter. There is no such thing as a perfect timeline that everyone must follow in order to be happy. Life is about going at your own pace and figuring things out as you go. If you have the same mindset you did when you were a senior in high school, what are you doing with your life? If you haven't sat down and thought about why you find certain things important, why not do that now? This book is about relearning how to learn.

Quotes

"Hello, I hope somebody is listening..."

"I almost always did work when I got home, because whenever I wasn't doing schoolwork I felt like I was wasting my time. I know that sounds sad, and I always wished I had a hobby." (23)

"We started to realize that it didn't matter what we did together, because we knew that if we were both there, we would have a good time." (122)

"I turned eighteen. I expected to feel different, but of course, I didn't. I don't think age has much to do with adulthood." (281)

"People move on quicker than I can comprehend. People forget you within days, they take new pictures to put on Facebook and they don't read your messages. They keep on moving forward and shove you tp the side because you make more mistakes then you should. Maybe that was fair. Who was I to judge, really." (290)

Links

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Alice Oseman's Website

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