I mean, I am studying editing… For example, there were occasions where the first letter of a word after a dash was capitalised and then other times they were not (which is the way you should do it). For the discrepancies in the editing, I often saw mistakes that made me think about what my teacher has taught me in my editing class. There were two aspects to her writing that really irritated me: the discrepancies in the editing and the way the dialogue was written. My biggest complaint (and only complaint) about the book is that the writing is too juvenile. This book seems experimental and I really liked and appreciated that. A lot of the time in YA books, things are regurgitated because authors write based on what they have read previously. I would consider this a ‘modern’ YA book because of the references to teenage life that actually seem real. Seeing as the author and I are similar ages, I was able to connect with a lot of what was put onto the page. I have not read a story like it before, likely because the book was so focused on references for a specific age group. Universe City also created a sense of intrigue to the story and it was very unique.
The narrator, Frances, was incredibly likeable and had quirks to her that made the book really fun to read. There was something about this book that was so addictive. I dreamt of getting a 90+ ATAR (A Levels equivalent) and even though I read Frances’s deepest thoughts, I still couldn’t process why she didn’t really care about her results. I am the type of person who wishes they got all As but couldn’t be bothered studying all night. I definitely was not as studious as her and did not get all As. I also kind of used Tumblr at this point but secretly hated it. For example, she once mentioned the song “Chocolate” by The 1975 and my friends and I loved this song. I remember having so many of the same feelings as Frances and I got all of her cultural references. This was around the time I did high school, too! In Australia it’s just Year 12 and you graduate in November, so it was almost the same. In the story, Frances was going through Year 12 and Year 13 during 2013-2014. I liked seeing this story progress, and having a secret identity attached to a popular YouTube channel seemed like something I would have wanted to decode myself too. One of the main plots was with Universe City, something Frances was obsessed with, but didn’t want anyone to know.
He was also the creator of Universe City, a podcast on YouTube that had thousands of listeners, but he kept his identity a secret. I thought that Aled was a fascinating character. Young adult books rarely even have a boy/girl friendship at all. I don’t often read books where the whole plot revolves around a friendship between a girl and a boy and neither of them have any romantic feelings towards the other. The friendship between Aled and Frances was fantastic. I think the short chapters had something to do with it because it kept me turning the pages! I had to know how everything panned out and it couldn’t wait. I read it over two days, and on the second day I couldn’t put it down.
Radio Silence was an incredibly addictive book. Suffocating with guilt, she knows that she has to confront her past… Review Then the podcast goes viral and the fragile trust between them is broken.Ĭaught between who she was and who she longs to be, Frances’ dreams come crashing down. He unlocks the door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true friendship, 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.īut when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom.
What if everything you set yourself up to be was wrong?įrances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. Publisher: Harper Collins Children’s Books