Review: Gripping and unsettling
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2013
'Friend Request' is the third book I have read in David Wailing's highly original and entertaining 'Auto' series. Yet again I was gripped by the storyline as it raced to its conclusion.The Auto books certainly have the entertainment factor, but this instalment unnerved me the most (or perhaps this is as a result of the accumulation of all three books). Technology has a mind of its own and ultimately leaves the 2022 partygoers exposed and vulnerable. The airport full-body security scanners spring to mind. Everything is on show.While some ideas are delightful (a music system recognising guests and playing their favourite tracks? Yes please!), I am left with an impending sense of disaster if technology develops this far.For me, the series' success is down to this mix. It is sheer entertainment but it carries a warning. David Wailing, you have unsettled me and I will thus tightly grip and refuse to upgrade my plain not-very-good pay-as-you-go camera-phone.