Raine is the only person in Frances friend group that she actually somewhat likes and later becomes a real friend, that she can be herself with. Daniel grew on me, when he set out to help Aled, because it showed that he does care and is not always his perfect self. However, due to Daniel being Aled’s friend, they involuntarily grow closer and find out the other person isn’t as bad as they assumed. Daniel gets top grades like Frances and is head boy, which is why they often meet each other – but don’t quite like the other. ➡ Daniel & Raine also become more important supporting characters as the book goes on. Still, he accused Frances of things she didn’t do and really hurt her, yet his apology comes a bit too late, when Frances was apologizing a hundred times before hand. I’m not 100% happy with how he lashed out, but I think it made sense for him. I just felt really sorry for him, especially later when he deals with some pretty bad hate directed at him. ![]() At heart Aled is very soft and a great friend, but he is also struggling with his abusive mom, missing sister and his best friend that he has feelings for. I love how he talks about being heard in his podcast, as I relate to the feeling of never being noticed due to being anxious and shy. He remains anonymous and that’s what enables him to truly bare his soul in the episodes he makes. That’s how he coped with everything going on in his life and it truly gives him so much strength. ➡ Aled is a rather quiet guy with anxiety that creates the Radio Silence podcast. ![]() Her love for her favorite thing and fandom filled with a lot of tenderness! The internet is her escape and you can see how not having real friends focuses her only on work, with her art being literally the only possible escape. Frances really grew on me and I wanted to tell her how she mattered outside of school so much. However, with Aled, she can forget about that for a while and reconnect with her true self. It’s heartbreaking to see her hide her true passion away at school and convince herself that only her grades and academic achievements matter. In reality, Frances loves art and is obsessed with a podcast called Radio Silence, that she geeks out over on Tumblr. Speaking of them, they don’t really get Frances and she cannot be herself around them, so these are shallow relationships that make her quite lonely. ➡ Frances is a self-declared ‘study’ machine and pretty much only exists on schoolwork, so much that she is School Frances around her friends. That’s why I also could connect to them throughout the course of the book and care about their story. I was really impressed by how real the main characters Frances (whose POV we get) and Aled are. The book just gets it when it comes to teens □ I have noticed that when I read, I Was Born For This as well, as Alice Oseman just knows how to write realistic, authentic teens, probably because she is quite young as well. “I wonder- if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all?” Will they have the courage to show everyone who they really are? Or will they be met with radio silence? In a world determined to shut them up, knock them down, and set them on a cookie cutter life path, Frances and Aled struggle to find their voices over the course of one life-changing year. ![]() ![]() You probably think that they are going to fall in love or something. Representation □ Biracial (Ethiopian/White) Bisexual MC, Demi/Gay MCįrances Janvier spends most of her time studying.Įveryone knows Aled Last as that quiet boy who gets straight As. CW’s: Parental Abuse, Depression, Suicidial Thoughts
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