She was just young, stupid, insecure, and desperate to find her place in the social stratosphere that is High School and as adult Louise condemns herself for her past actions (something I wish fills my bullies with shame everyday) you almost want to reach out and let her know not to be so hard on herself. Now though, I’d be grateful for marketing spam, and I long to go back to the mild tedium of a few minutes ago. While this isn't a book I would reread, I would definitely check out more from this author in the future.

You think you’re happy with a theory you’ve come up with and then all of a sudden something pops up with someone else and you get suspicious again. As soon as I read the premise I was thinking this is going to be like a cheesy horror thriller in the same vain as all those B-level slasher movies that revolve around social media. This is a well-written book, with clues and lies that change the direction of the story more than once.As she thinks of her life the same sentence keeps running through her head "Maria Weston wants to be friends with me". Women who lived that life at school – who felt like they existed only on the periphery of the popular crowd – are likely to emphasise with her.

I find I can’t look at her for long, and my eyes roam around the kitchen, wanting something mundane to fix on, a break from this bewildering new reality. The ending is an ugly shock, not my favorite ending of all time, but it definitely is a plausible one.

It reminds me why I decided to delete my personal account, the idea of people you barely know getting such a personal glimpse into your inner sanctum and keeping in contact with everyone you ever met from high school days seems an odd thing and the perfect basis for a revenge style vendetta so I did quite enjoy the storyline. From the first I had a theory and I was sure that I know what’s happening but when I was reading more and more, I got more confused and at the end I found out that how wrong I was! I actually just read my first Riley Sager book, and I think that Laura Marshall's style (once you get over the chatty, very British narrative) is pretty similar-- at least in terms of pacing and what she sets out to accomplish with her book. Overall, this is a clever psychological thriller, written with precision pacing, well timed revelations and is very appropriate to the time we live in.

Combine this suggestion with Louise’s own paranoia and the escalating Facebook messages from Maria and Marshall has some excellent tension creating ingredients. Just read the numerous threads on Mumsnet regarding the lack of transparency and exploitation of children by Instamums, but I digress.Louise Williams doesn't just get a friend request on Facebook from someone she knew years ago and doesn't actually like, she gets a friend request from someone who died twenty-five years ago. The Goodreads Libra Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. If you like a well-done psychological thriller that keeps you turning those pages until the very end, I would definitely recommend this book! Odd, how you spend five years going to the same place every day, and then it’s over, you never go there again. As the coffee machine hums its everyday tune, I half-listen to the news on the radio, which chatters all day every day in my kitchen: a sporting victory, a cabinet re-shuffle, a fifteen year-old girl who has killed herself after her boyfriend posted naked pictures of her online.

For me, this novel ticks all the boxes for being a great psychological thriller, with its twists and turns and I predict will reach a wide audience. Although I spent some time discussing these social issues, they are underlying themes the book is based upon.And now, with the proliferation of people living out their lives in the public arena, it has become almost impossible to hide. I will try to get my hands on any book that has social media at the heart of it, and "Friend Request" fit the bill perfectly.