Radio Silence

its my fave book, however the book did arrive a little bit beaten up

The book I ordered was supposed to be the pale blue/teal cover. That's what was shown and in the description. Not only is it the wrong cover but the quality of the print is terrible. The text is misaligned. Warning for buyers, amazon have started printing their own copies of books that are not official prints.

Il libro è davvero carino, scorrevole, ben scritto, mi ha fatto emozionare e immedesimare nei personaggi ed è assolutamente consigliato. Cosa che invece mi ha fatto arrabbiare, e che ci tengo a segnalare perché altri potrebbero avere questo problema, è che non ho ricevuto l'edizione 2018 che si vede nell'immagine, ma una più vecchia del 2016. Questo è una vergogna, visto che si dovrebbe ricevere ESATTAMENTE quello che si è comprato. E' un fattore a cui tenevo molto, in quanto volevo che tutti i libri della Oseman che possiedo fossero intonati tra loro, tutti nello stesso formato ed edizione. Se non l'ho rimandato indietro è stato solo per paura che mi rimandassero la stessa versione TREMENDA. Se non vi interessa avere un'edizione in particolare, comprate pure senza problemi e vi ritroverete un bel libro tra le mani, altrimenti ATTENZIONE perché potreste avere qualche sorpresina.

Radio Silence is a brilliantly inclusive, current and culturally relevant story.If you enjoyed Rainbow Rowell's 'Fangirl' and are looking for something with a similar feel, with the addition of diversity and art, I definitely think Radio Silence would be the perfect read for you.I loved that, despite there being a variety of sexualities, this wasn't a 'coming out' story. It was more about what the characters wanted out of life, rather than who they wanted. Their sexuality was part of them and their story but it wasn't their while narrative. It just normalised sexualities other than straight, which I thought was fantastic.The insight into university and the experience so many teens go though throughout their A Levels, GCSE's and University years was outstanding. It made me so happy to finally read a book with the message that University and grades aren't the be all and end all of life. I think this has such a positive message about so many things and will be a genuine comfort to so many of its readers.I loved the writing style and the pacing of the plot. There were multiple subplots but none were too intense or overwhelmed the others. They all intertwined so smoothly and the outcome was a comfortable and genuine read.Lastly, as a little added note. The cultural references absolutely made my day. Tamagotchi's, High School Musical, Camp Rock?... What more could I possibly ask for?!

Young people deserve something less preachy and more nuanced than this ‘university bad, escape academia good’ narrative. For every Aled and his 200,000 subscribers, there are many thousands of young adults with no qualifications scrambling to find a job that pays above minimum wage. Follow your heart, absolutely, but with a grounding in reality. Slightly patronising and hypocritical for the Durham university graduate Miss Oseman to so adamantly deny the advantages of further education.Worse, the portrayal of Aled’s mother was damaging. I waited for her backstory- the huge trauma that caused her to be so cold and cruel to her children. But no- she was just pointlessly selfish, heartless and cruel. Mothers, even those who relentlessly push their kids, overwhelmingly do so out of love and fear for their futures. They may be misguided, but a woman whose 16yo daughter disappears will 99.9999/100 be maddened with grief and despair.

I ordered this book with Prime and it came the following day. The packaging was COMPLETELY ripped and the book was hanging out of it. Upon inspection, the spine was slightly dented and the book itself had little dents and scratches all over it. Considering the way it had been delivered (shoved through the letterbox with no regard for the product) the book could have looked worse, but I am not impressed with this delivery experience. I have never experienced this with Amazon before but I have heard this can happen when ordering books off of Amazon, unfortunately.Anyway, my experience with the delivery has nothing to do with Alice and her actual work.The book itself is truly phenomenal, it is one of my favourite books of all time and I highly recommend! My experience with the delivery has nothing to do with Alice and her actual work. I suggest you buy it asap, but maybe not from Amazon...