Radio Silence
Radio Silence is a young adult contemporary novel written by Alice Oseman. In the story, there's this girl named Frances Janvier who's a head girl in her school. She have excellent grades and a really cool mom. She's obsessed in getting admitted to University of Cambridge (so since she's one of the top students of her school she's basically expected by the people around her to have those desires and also expected to get it like it's a piece of cake). She have school friends but she doesn't feel very connected with them. Her friends aren't mean but she doesn't feel like she can express her authentic self to them. She developed a platonic relationship with Aled Last who to her surprise turns out to be the creator of her favorite youtube podcast, Universe City. Radio silence speaks about being confined in silence and being unable to express oneself. It also tackles the expectations to do the conventional things.The pressures of making practical decisions and fitting into the social norm. The book explores the concept of platonic relationship and it also covers the topic of good and bad parenting.
