![]() ![]() Despite them being close friends, their relationship is not perfect and things still go wrong. They never fight or get into misunderstandings. Too often, best friends in the media are portrayed as perfect people who understand each other completely. There are many raw moments in the book where their friendship gets rocky, which ended up making the book feel much more real. Frances and Aled are not perfect, nor is their friendship. ![]() The way in which friendship is depicted throughout the book is accurate and realistic. For once, she has someone that she relates to and who knows her well. After she meets Aled, the creator of the podcast, she finally has a friendship in which she feels truly like herself. Frances struggles to make friends at school because she is seen as a purely academic person, when in reality she’s just a regular teenager. The book has strong themes of friendship and self-identity. Radio Silence follows their friendship, as well as Frances’s struggle to find out what she wants to do after high school. She’s obsessed with a science fiction podcast, then coincidentally meets the creator of said podcast. Review written by Sophia Hackett, 2020 MBSYEP Employee Alice Oseman’s Radio Silence is about a teenager named Frances, who is high achieving and convinced her future lies in academics, even though she has a passion for art and doesn’t care for going to university. ![]()
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