I had a decent high school experience, though far from perfect. Not realizing how so much of it wouldn't matter years later. Everyone just wanted to go the good parties, hang out with the popular crowd. The rumors that would spiral out of control. Sometimes just looking at someone's Facebook page can bring back teenage feelings, insecurities from a time when all you wanted was to be liked. Social media really makes us all vulnerable. And I loved to hate bitchy Sophie Hannigan. Not just social media but also friendships, bullying, marriage, sex and more. Not just suspenseful, it also has great dialogue and the issues brought up are so relevant to what's happening in the world today. "Friend Request" was all that I was hoping for and more. Is someone playing a joke on her? But who? Somebody from the upcoming school reunion? Or is it something more sinister? Could Maria possibly be alive? And what secrets is Louise keeping that she's feeling so guilty about? What has she done? Yet all the time, in the back of my mind, this one unforgivable act has loomed - squashed, squeezed, parcelled, but always there". "I've been a friend, a daughter, a wife, a mother. We know there's something that Louise feels guilty about, something to do with Maria that happened in High School in 1989. "But Maria Weston has been dead for more than twenty-five years" Is that comfortable life being threatened.because of a friend request? As she thinks of her life the same sentence keeps running through her head "Maria Weston wants to be friends with me". It's been 25 years since she's seen the face staring at her from the Facebook profile picture. Curiosity wins out and she hits 'Confirm Request'. But another part of her is morbidly curious.and wants to know. She's tempted to delete the message and the friend request. She has no idea who would play such a sick joke on her. But when she opens her laptop 's still there. She feels that she must be mistaken, she MUST have read the email wrong or she's seeing things. Instantly, Louise feels like she can't breathe, and her first instinct is to slam her laptop shut. "Maria Weston wants to be friends on Facebook" However, after opening it, she'd give anything to go back to the boredom she was feeling just minutes before.
At first she was a glad to see she had an email waiting. Henry is at her ex-husband, Sam's house and she has spent the day working. It's an ordinary day when Louise receives the email that will change her life. Louise Williams is a single mother to four-year-old, Henry. 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. Social media fascinates and terrifies me in equal measure. When I first heard about this book.I wanted it. To keep her secret, Louise must first uncover the whole truth, before what's known to Maria - or whoever's pretending to be her - is known to all.more But as she tries to piece together exactly what happened that night, Louise discovers there's more to the story than she ever knew. Maria's sudden reappearance threatens it all, and forces Louise to reconnect with everyone she'd severed ties with to escape the past. Louise has always known that if the truth ever came out, she could stand to lose everything. Long-buried memories quickly rise to the surface: those first days of their budding friendship cruel decisions made and dark secrets kept the night that would change all their lives forever. Louise receives a heart-stopping email: Maria Weston wants to be friends on Facebook. Within just a few days, Maria and Louise are on their way to becoming fast friends.Ģ016.
When Louise first notices the new girl who has mysteriously transferred late into their senior year, Maria seems to be everything the girls Louise hangs out with aren't. Louise rece Maria Weston wants to be friends. Within just a few days, Maria and Louise are on their way to becoming fast friends.
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