Gift vs Radio Silence: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Secrets, High schools, Coming-of-age, Schools, Children's fiction, Fiction
Gift
While attempting to fit in at a new school and keep her gift a secret, Daisy and her friends must deal with chilling dreams and a manipulative ghost.
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Radio Silence
A studious girl and a quiet, straight-A boy start a controversial podcast together that challenges their courage and forces them to confront issues in the form of backlash and censorship.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Gift is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 9 for Radio Silence.
- Radio Silence has the widest readership — 131954 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Gift | Radio Silence | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (131954) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 4.1 (279) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (5) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (71) | 4.5 (213) |
Reception
| Gift | Radio Silence | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 71 | 131954 |
| Editions | 13 | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 181160 |
| Reading it now | — | 4792 |
| Written reviews | — | 22643 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3439 | 95 |
| Pages | 218 | 486 |