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honestly radio silence is the reason i started this blog

Day one of starting loveless by alice osman x

will post some fanart at some point

I just finished Radio Silence by Alice Oseman! It was such a good book that when I finished it I had to sit in silence for a few seconds and digest it lmao

if you like to listen to music when you read I recommend You Will Not Drown by KISNOU and Vertigo by Griff.

omg I would do so much for a universe city podcast…

Im reading radio silence........ Im crying and i didn't end the book yet.................. Francis saying sorry to Aled...... Francis and Aled last literraly having a mental breakdown is making me have a mental breakdown too

Im going to make a review here later btw :3 (if i talk to my friends they will never hear me talk about some book again, this is pure depression)

°•*RADIO SILENCE*•°- Alice Oseman

°•book review•°

Hi my dear space readers! How are you?

Firstly, I'll say: this post will have many >MANY< SPOILERS!

It's just a personal opinion about this book that I love so much, and I have no one to talk about, if you want, comment your opinions about it too! Oh, and English isn't my first language, so sorry for any grammatical errors! And sorry for the long post btw🌷

Well, I finished another osemanverse book, Radio silence. And I have many considerations to make.

But first of all I wanted to say WHAT AN AMAZING BOOK. MY GOD ALICE IS A LEGEND! I just love it

So, this book took me much longer to read than it took me Solitarie, even though it was shorter, the beginning of the book took a while to capture me, but as I read and understood Francis's feelings more, seeing the construction From her friendship with Aled, the revelations about Carrys and also the entries into the universe city, I simply fell in love with the book.

I even think that Francis and Aled are my favorite characters.

(I already say that i love this book?)

I was able to identify with Francis (even though my academic life is much more similar to Carys' in terms of grades) and I thought it was really amazing How the author brought up this theme of "do I really have a real personality or do I Am I just pretending to everyone??" this is just incredible.

Besides, reading this book makes me see how HORRIBLE internet fandoms can be. The discovery that RADIO was ALED reminded me a lot of the events in "I was born for this" (another book by the same author)

My memory is horrible, I just know that on one page Aled and Francis were just being happy and a few pages later I was in tears. The scene where Francis says sorry to Aled gave me strong crying spells in the middle of class.......... (In fact my friend who sits next to me started reading this page with me, she told me that "I would never read anything I was reading again because I only read sad things" while he looked at me almost crying)

By the way, Omg, IS SOMEONE PUTTING CAROL LAST'S OLD LADY IN AN ASYLUM??? SHE'S A TERRIBLE MOTHER, MAN SHE KILLED ALED'S DOG, I ALMOST THROW THE BOOK AT THE WALL IN THAT PAGE #ihatethatwoman.

I confess that I miss seeing Aled's view of the events a little, since his only points of view in the book are in the Universe City eps. but I think that at the same time the universe of the city was the only way that Aled had to express himself, and as Daniel says in the book that it seemed that the universe of the city was the only thing that Aled really liked to do, it also gives the feeling that he was “trapped in his own world”, as is also mentioned in the book.

Aled Last shows us even without a POV how depression separates us from others. And how narcissistic mothers ruin their children's mental health (I hate you Caroll)

And Francis shows us how everything other people expect from ourselves shapes our personality. Even though we convince ourselves that we know ourselfs.

One of the phrases I liked most in the book was: "I can take some aggression from time to time. I'm strong. I'm a star. Cyborgs live and fall apart, but I'll never fall apart. Even when the dust of my bones flies over the walls From the city, I'll be living and I'll be swaying, I'll wave and laugh." -universe city ep 132 (book: radio Silencio by Alice oseman)

Sooooooo this is it! Bye space readers! See yaa on another post!✨

Art by @aliceoseman!💖

I JUST finished Radio Silence.

Oh. My. God.

That was beautiful, I literally can’t come up with a better word for how perfect it was than: Beautiful.

The way Alice Oseman writes first person is stunning, I’m not even a die-hard-study-needs-to-get-into-good-college girl, but I am a senior in high school who doesn’t really see a point in going to college but doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life and—characters like Frances, Aled, Raine, Carys, even Daniel, spoke to me. On a whole ‘nother level, I connected to so many characters in this book and TRULY felt like I wasn’t alone. The plot was amazing—‘simple’ I suppose, but oh my god. I could see it all clearly, and I was very invested in how everything turned out.

And SPOILERS RIGHT HERE, that end scene, when the announcer is announcing Aled and he and Frances are backstage, my heart was stuttering with nervous excitement right along with them. I was listening to “It’s All So Incredibly Loud” by The Glass Animals as I read it, and oh my god. This book felt like a dream come true. Like a longing for more, a creative supernova exploding, a painful ache when a friend moves away, the crushing rush of LIFE when something goes right—this is my new comfort book. That can be very much concluded.

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman is a freaking masterpiece in my opinion.

GUYS!! I MADE A UNIVERSE CITY THEMED JOURNAL!!!

LOOK AT IT! IM GENUINELY EXCITED AS HELL ABOUT THIS!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH—AND I FEEL LIKE FRANCES WOULD HAVE ONE

February Friday - i still believe, i still listen.

\the alphabet has been compromised, only seven letters remain..., !! SAVE THEM !!

Where are you, February Friday? i didn't saw you years upon years... i still miss you, i still need you.

Universe City: EP. 1 - Dark Blue

In distress. Stuck in Universe City. Send help.

>> scroll down for transcript

Hello.

I hope somebody is listening..

I'm sending out this call via radio signal - long outdated, I know, but one of the few methods of communication the City has forgotten to monitor - in a dark and desperate cry for help.

Things in Universe City are not what they seem.

I cannot tell you who I am. Please call me ... Please just call me Radio. Radio Silence. I am, after all, only a voice on a radio, and there may not be anyone listening.

I wonder - if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all?

[...]

EXCERPT #12:

Hello. I hope somebody is listening.

This is a signal… Oh, of, um… Distress… And… You get it… Do I have to say this every time?

I don't know why I’m asking you, old sport. You’re the one who needs to listen to me saying the same things over and over.

[Sighs]... I know you want me to get to the point. But… well…

There is none…

There is no point!

I haven’t seen her. Anywhere.

I’ve been on patrols, changing my location every night to somewhere new, places I’ve never even been before.

I called Nightcrawler… just in case he knew… That’s how you know I was desperate, old sport. That’s how you know I tried! I swear!

Of course, in all “Nightcrawler” fashion, he doesn’t let me speak and instead continues to ask why I haven’t been answering… blah, blah, same old stuff…

So, he was no use either.

I revisited those streets… Every. Day.

And nothing…! Just the same people, same crowds, moving out of the way for me.

I’ve started to theorise that she may have just dyed her hair a normal colour and changed out of that dress… It’s easy to blend into the crowd if you try hard enough… But why?

We met so quickly and exchanged such little words… Why did she have the urge to run? To hide?

I’m starting to give up hope, old sport. But I’ll keep trying. I need to know who she is…

[…]

…and she just had this faded, dyed hair! Just like mine! You would’ve been jealous of how cool she looks, as I feel about you, February.

I wonder if you’ll look any different, since I last saw you, when we see each other again.

I wonder if you’re thinking about me as often as I think about you.

I really do wish you were here. You would be able to find this girl, I just know it.

You always knew exactly where to look, whenever I lost something, or whenever we played ‘Where’s Wally?’, you’d always know in a matter of seconds where he was hiding.

You always found me, February, in my darkest of times. But how on Earth am I to find you? If I cannot even find Wally on a page of a children’s book, what chance do I have searching the universe for you?

Maybe you can find yourself… Perhaps, that’s what you’ve been away trying to do. Perhaps you already did. And for that, I am so proud. Please, February, let me find you; let me tell you how proud I am.

♪ There’s nothing left for us anymore Why aren’t you listening? Why aren’t you listening to me? There’s nothing left. ♪

why choose only one option? (yes that was a very platonic flirt)

can i be your frances?

this sounds like the most platonic flirt ever

in universe friday? i mean yes absolutely, there's a frances roleplay account that interacts occasionally which is super cool, but that shouldn't diminish anyone else from doing it too.

if you're talking about in terms of art, i have so much appreciation for artists that if i were to get one on board, like aled did with frances, i would want them to get paid, which i am definitely not financially stable enough to do. i will always encourage art made based on universe friday though! esp since without any deadlines and agreements and partnerships, it would be a lot less pressure on artists to create. if universe friday inspires you in any way, i am so so so honoured.

and if ur talking to me directly, the creator, hello! i don't think this would be the intention but i am always looking for my frances to my aled <3 i need a friendship like that real bad fr... lomls both of them <3

I'm rereading Radio Silence and just noticed the foreshadowing here, like hello?? Dragons???

Hi everyone!

I hope somebody is reading…

Haven’t introduced myself yet so let’s do that.

Im Charlie.

My pronouns are he/they.

Im bi (actually).

Things I like:

- my friends🤭

- Osemanverse (if you haven’t noticed)

- books, mostly novels or psycho-Thrillers (weird combo ik)

- Harry Potter Universe (NOT JK ROLLING)

-Hogwarts Legacy

-Animals, tough I feel like cats don’t like me much

-Queer representation

[and much more I guess but I don’t remember]

Im a Slytherin

My native languages are German and Romanian (I can only speak Romanian, not write or read) so please be kind with my English.

Love ya,

Charlie 💙💜🩷