I enjoyed that it wasn’t an instant friendship,īut we got to see them being a bit awkward at first and learning to trust eachĬharacters weren’t as good as Frances and Aled. It’s very beautiful to see his and Frances’ friendshipĭevelop throughout the book. He’s described as very quiet and closed-off, but he’s also pressured He is quite mysterious in the beginning and for most of the bookĪctually. She’s just the definition of the “cool mom”.Īnother story. Mother and what it represented in relation to the pressure Frances is feeling. Knows that she has to do it or be a failure. “study machine” who never really questions why she studies so hard. The characters and could identify with both Frances and Aled. Relate to it more than I did now as a 25-year-old. I wish that I’d read when I was 17 because I would definitely have been able to Alice Oseman shouts out a big fat HELL NO with this second novel of hers. Of how our society creates a belief in young people’s minds that if they fail a test, their life is over, and they will never be happy. It deals with the more and more prevalent topic of ‘the pressure to do well’ in school. Also, teachers and parents should probably read it too. Radio Silence by Alice Oseman should be mandatory reading for everyone in high school. To confess why Carys disappeared.įrances is going to need every bit of courage she has (Goodreads). Now Frances knows that she has to confront her past. So when the fragile trust between them is broken, Frances is caught between who she was and who she longs to be.

Then Frances meets Aled, and for the first time she’s unafraid to be herself. Nothing will stand in her way not friends, not a guilty secret – not even the person she is on the inside. What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?įrances is a study machine with one goal.

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