I found this ultimately disappointing, but good enough so that I read the whole thing. The parallel stories of the characters telegraph upcoming plot points and they tempt us to hope for a relationship that can never be. Often seems contrived and melodramatic in a cinematic way, and I think this could make a very good movie - I note that one of the other Goodreads reviewers mentions Spielberg, and I certainly agree. It did remind me of my own fascination with radio as a child, and the deep importance and value of radio in a world without other similar forms of long distance communication.