![]() HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPE YOU’RE FEELING PARTY AFĬAN’T BELIEVE MY SMALL BUDDY IS A MAN NOW I even had that Robert De Niro moment:īut I just… I loved how well-developed and real the friendship between Frances and Aled was: I felt so surprised (in a good way) when she addressed the reader. You probably think that Aled Last and I are going to fall in love or something. “I just sort of want to say something before we continue. Yes! Thank you for addressing this in writing.Īnd for a second there I was troubled that this was going to become a love story, but I needn’t have worried. ![]() “And I tell you what, the men’s section of Primark is the best for Christmas jumpers.” “I have a coat from Topman,” I continued. He was staring at me, his expression now completely unreadable. They’re just shoes.” I looked back at him and smiled, not quite sure where I was going with this. “They don’t look like men’s shoes either. They don’t look like women’s shoes.” I looked at his feet. He looked at me like I’d told him he’d won the lottery. “Where did you get your shoes? They’re so nice.” ![]() “Just before he left, as we were standing in the doorway, I said: I also loved how they slowly became good friends, it’s one of my favorite things to read about in books: There were a hundred things I could have said in reply to that, but I just said: “I never told anyone about Universe City,” he said, glancing back at me. When Frances meets Aled Last, the shy genius behind her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. Oh, and Frances is also mixed-race & bisexual. That’s what I thought when I listened to my first podcast episode: it makes you want to fall asleep (in the best way possible). In the least weird way possible, it’s a bit like someone stroking your hair.” “Nobody knew who made the podcast, but it was the voice of the narrator that got me addicted to the show – it has a kind of softness. Nothing will stand in her way not friends, not a guilty secret – not even the person she is on the inside.įrances is obsessed with Universe City, a YouTube podcast show about a suit-wearing student detective looking for a way to escape a sci-fi, monster-infested university. We follow Frances Janvier’s final school year. Frances has always been a study machine with one goal, elite university. Radio Silence has been on my wishlist for ages, so I figured the time has come to pick it up.
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