Although the book isn’t specifically focused on mental health, it does voice how many of us feel out of balance with our surroundings and even within ourselves. He displays the deep-seated anxiety that not a lot of Young Adult genre authors portray as a theme of the university experience. It felt real, from the characters, their decisions, even down to the way they talkĪled’s character uniquely shows the uncomfortable transition into new adulthood and the difficulty of expressing yourself, even at university. The story ties together every character into the narrative. It was nice to see the interwoven story of Aled compound with it.
Frances’ story is incredibly close to the experience of many young people at the end of A-Levels: extremely academic and dead set on achieving that goal of university.
His journey is told through insightful glimpses and story stood out to me the most, even during my initial first read, because it was the closest to my own emotionally. I want to talk about Aled, as I loved his character. Oseman decided to write this authentic account of the teenage experience after her first book Solitaire at age nineteen. The book explores how Frances navigates through the disappearance of a main character and Aled’s lonely experience at university, which is equally as difficult. After it goes viral, things between them are changed forever. When Frances meets Aled Last, she discovers he is the genius (“Radio Silence”) behind the podcast. Radio Silence is the story of high achiever Frances Janvier who is in the process of making the transition into university, and creates fan art for her favourite podcast.
I revisited this book during the summer and enjoyed it even more than the first time I had read it. The latter was an outcome I didn’t expect when reading Radio Silence, a 2016 young adult novel by Alice Oseman. We all find that particular part in a novel that inspires thought when we read, but I believe the best books are the ones where all the parts make you think, no matter how many times you read them. It’s easy for most of us to read a novel and relax back into the comfy surroundings of Hogwarts, for instance. One of the great joys of reading is escapism.
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