Scott CawthonRecensioni

35 pages in and nothing was happening. The language felt plodding and slow, and the character development was halting at best. Mainly it was people saying things, none of which added to my understanding of them or the world around them.

{My thoughts} – The cover to this book is appealing and engaging to fans of the series. The illustrations go hand and hand with the text upon the pages. The illustrations have a spooky like feel to them as does the text. It’s all really well done and a fine end product for a graphic novel.

I have never read the original book series, but after reading the graphic novel I just might need to. My 13 year old son is obsessed with the books and the game and well anything that has to do with it. I can understand why that is now and I will need to read the original books so that I might better understand the series.

I think that his book will make a perfect addition to any child’s graphic novel collection. I look forward to reading more of the books in this particular series as they release.

I'd have to read it again to say anything more definitive, but a lot of the writing felt... mm, sloppy, when compared to the first one? I don't know how to describe it. Did not enjoy it as much as The Silver Eyes.½

The first half of the book is quite the slog that I found rather hard to read through, but thankfullly around midway through it actually starts to pick up very swiftly and I think gets quite good. Probably potentially my favourite of the versions of this sort of section of the FNAF timeline that I've seen.½

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Wow. Tbh this was the first full fnaf thing I ever read and I actually quite enjoyed it. I can’t wait to read the rest of the trilogy.

I love how much this links into the stuff MatPat is always going on about and the games.

I mean Charlie and John could have been explored more but I loved it.

The stuff with the animatronics being what they are really fits in despite there not being a clear motive of why they were like that.

It’s understandable if people who never played the games or know anything about fnaf don’t like this book but I quite enjoyed it.

Also proud that this is the first book I haven’t cracked the spine on

I got into FNAF years ago when my two boys started playing the game. At first, I wasn’t impressed but when my youngest son came home with the book and wanted to read it I took notice. My boys are not readers like their mama, so anytime they’ve shown interest in the written word I am all for it, even if it’s not my cup of tea. We started reading The Silver Eyes together, but life ended up getting in the way and we never finished it.

One thing that immediately struck me about FNAF was the lore and how Scott Cawthon created FNAF. The evolution of the franchise is fascinating but messy to say the least. After watching a ton of Markiplier game play on YouTube, plus watching the recently released Five Night’s at Freddy’s movie, I decided to pick up The Silver Eyes again and see if I could establish a better foundation behind the lore and gain a better understanding of the story as a whole.

I not only read The Silver Eyes but also listened to the audiobook, but I feel like listening to it made it less impactful. The narrator did a decent enough job, but it was blatantly obvious just how elementary the writing is. I know that these stories are geared towards a younger audience, but I do believe it could’ve been better written overall.

I finished the novel feeling even more confused than when I began. I tried to come to this novel without any prior knowledge of FNAF lore, but it was hard not to be impartial when I’m already in so deep. I love this franchise, especially since animatronics coming alive is something that has haunted my nightmares since my first trip to Showbiz Pizza, but the lore making no sense is beyond frustrating. I do plan on continuing the series to see if I can come to a better conclusion, but the way things look right now I don’t know if I’ll ever get the answers I’m craving.

Acting: 4.0; Theme: 4.0; Content: 3.5; Language: 4.0; Overall: 3.5

This movie is based on the children's book series by the author Scott Cawthon. A down and out young man (Mike Schmidt/Josh Hutcherson) takes a job at a closed-down entertainment center to keep custody of his young sister (Piper Rubio/Abby Schmidt). Mike begins his search to find out who kidnapped and murdered his young brother (Lucas Grant/Garrett Schmidt), along with a helpful female police officer (Elizabeth Lail/Vanessa) who knows more than she wants and chooses to divulge. Mike learns that the four animatronic mascots from Freddy's have a very insidous history and secret.

***October 27, 2023***½

Five Night's at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes was an incredible read that gives an insider view into the FNAF lore and world Scott Cawthon has created in the games.

The worst part about this book (yes I'm starting with the worst) is that Scott Cawthon made it clear that this book is not completely canon and does not align up with the video games. Once you finally connect all these dots and think you solve the story, Scott has to go and switch up his lore! But that doesn't ruin this book at all, if anything it makes you try to connect little dots here and there to match up with the video game universe lore.

This book was a great addition to the FNAF world. I really enjoyed reading this story from another point of view. It gave great visual cues and was one of the few "horror YA" novels that I could actually get into.

For those who are into horror, and carnivals or old childhood tales, this book is definitely for you! It gives you a creepy, Chuck E Cheese vibe (if you haven't heard or read about FNAF before). These scary animatronics are attacking children and have even killed in the past. Or so they thought...

The lore is expanded so beautifully that I deem it an absolute must read for YA lovers, horror enthusiasts or FNAF fans.

There are bits and pieces that seem out of place, like specific markings on floorings being described or old childhood memories that seem to appear out of nowhere, but I know Scott Cawthon - everything is important. Perhaps in the next book these silly, little descriptions and features of this book will change the way we look at FNAF forever.

I am incredibly excited to see Charlie's story continue in the next novel (which HAS been announced! Yay!) and hopefully we might see her hinted at in any future FNAF games? Hopefully!!

Five out of five stars!

I finally managed to pick up Fazbear Frights after watching so many Game Theory videos listening to MatPat chat about this series. I have loved the video games and lore since the original Five Nights at Freddy's came out (yeah, I'm an OG - it's been a fun and wild ride), so it was a natural fit to pick up this series. It took a while, but I managed to pick up a copy on my Kobo (FINALLY...). And then it took me a while to get into this book.

I'm going to keep my review short and sweet, but will post all of my thoughts on my blog. This book was... not exactly a winner for me.

Into the Pit - Oswald's story - was the best of the three. The start isn't the best, but once you get going it's pretty fun! The lore from the video games made me smile even if they aren't supposed to be directly connected. This story got about a 4/5 from me.

Sarah's story was the middle book with the middle rating. The self esteem issues our new friend Sarah has made me sad and I really wish it wouldn't have been the main plot of the story. The animatronic and creepy nature of the story was SO COOL but was overpowered by the fat phobia and female self esteem issues. Seriously, so sad. 3/5 for story but downgraded to 2/5 for the harsh treatment of female beauty standards.

Millie's story... was super lacking for me. It just didn't sit well with me and I was bored to tears. We should have gone out with a bang, but we didn't. 1/5. I just didn't enjoy the "how can we die" monologue over and over and over... It felt dull, but that's not my type of horror.

And then the epilogue. This is an interesting one because, from my understanding, each book is going to have another piece of this story and keep continuing until the last book of the Fazbear Frights series. Super cool though, but honestly... I'm not going to binge all of these books in a row, so I'd bet some serious money (if I had any...) that I'm going to forget to go back and re-read all of the epilogues. Maybe I will... but I doubt it. Cool marketing technique though. It might get a few more people binging the books. Maybe.

Overall... It's okay. Not the best, but still a pretty good start. I'm going to slowly work my way through this series since I'm a FNAF nerd, but I'm not in a real big rush. But I am impressed we're basically getting a Goosebumps/Fear Street anthology series from FNAF. I LOVED Goosebumps as a kid, so seeing an adult guilty pleasure of mine trying their own spin on the horror anthology? Super cool. I dig it.

Two out of five stars.

The Fourth Closet by Scott Cawthon tied up some of the FNAF literature universe, but opened up a whole 'nother can of worms.

I was a little too hooked to this book, but mainly because I am totally obsessed with the FNAF lore. The video games, the potential movie, the books! All of them are my guilty pleasure, which I will easily admit. But this book? It tops the other two. I found the first book to be intriguing, the second book to lag just a bit, and this book went flying off the handle to utter insanity! In a good way.

If you are going to take anything out of this book, it's the strange way Scott is weaving and changing lore. The books don't perfectly match up to the video games, but they will definitely spike your interest if you have played the games. There are easter eggs and references to so many different parts of the games that it's almost hard to keep track of. Yet, it all works for perfectly well.

I found myself really hooked to this story and I didn't want to put it down. It is fast paced and full of crazy twists and turns that you will need to read the first three books for. But, you could easily jump into this series if you haven't played the games. Playing the games just makes the easter eggs in this book more fun!

If you don't like sci-fi or thriller type books, this novel isn't for you. The hype about the supernatural aspects of this book is unreal and goes beyond what I expected. The book is no longer just a silly YA novel, it's full of technology and supernatural twists.

I found the ending... interesting. I'll leave it at just that word, because the ending left me feeling like I had tons more questions coming out then going in. While I did get some answers and I thought the ending itself was a nice way to tie up the story, it really didn't tie up the story that well. It made the story end, but it didn't close the story as nicely as I wanted. So, maybe there will be another side series or another game or something that ties this storyline up. I hope, anyways.

Five out of five stars.

This was one of the few books I paid full price for. This whole series I was desperate to read, so lucky Scott Cawthon got my money on this one.

Ah, another day of FNAF lore is another casual day for me. It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that I'd read this book (I'm overly obsessed with FNAF theories. Too obsessed...in all honesty). While it took me a while to get to it, the book was definitely worth the wait.

The Twisted Ones is the second book in the FNAF book series. The lore is different from the video games (same animatronics, different back story, but some similar names of characters...) but you could easily try to eave it into the video games if you tried (or if you trust Scott and his sneaky ways).

While this appears to be a YA novel, some of the gore is definitely closer to R rated. If you're a fan of FNAF, it probably wouldn't come as big of a surprise to know some of the gore is REALLY GORY, but keep that in mind if you choose to read it.

Plot wise, the story continued with a smooth transition. There is a time jump between the first and second book, but it worked in it's favour. Slowly plot details are revealed and old characters appear, and eventually Scott and Kira build and add to this spectacular take on the lore. I really did enjoy it - more animatronics, more craziness!

The book is relatively fast paced - I didn't get bored once. I really hope the next book is the last book in this series to finish it up. This book was the perfect sequel, so I'd like to see an explosive ending (by the way, MAJOR CLIFFHANGER ALERT).

Now, time for some lore discussion - this book will raise questions. Don't try to tie it to the book, and you'll be feeling mighty fine! If you start trying to make a wild, crazy theory you'll get fed up and quit. This book is supposed to be fun and increase circulation of this series (from my perspective) and it is increasing the fan base. Look at how many people are frustrated with the fact that this book doesn't fit in with the FNAF video games and are talking about it constantly... It's a lot of people. More conversations, more circulation, more participation, more people reading... It's marketing genius. Is this book kinda silly? Yes. Were half of my questions answered in regard to lore for this book series? No. But it's fun! I think this is a fun read that didn't require my brain to explode to understand it.

Side note: Can we get a FNAF graphic novel or something? This book would be EPIC in picture form...just saying.

Four out of five stars.

It's been 10 years since Charlie left Hurricane, Utah, the site of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, her father's restaurant. Now 17, Charlie has returned for a dedication ceremony arranged in honor of Michael, a friend of hers who was kidnapped and likely killed all those years ago. The visit will reunite her with her former best friends: Marla, Jessica, Lamar, Carlton, and John. Although Michael wasn't the only child to go missing, his disappearance was the one that hit Charlie and her group of friends the hardest.

While Charlie's there, she decides to explore some of the forgotten recesses of her childhood, visiting the nearly undisturbed remains of her and her father's home, as well as what's left of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Charlie and her friends initially think the restaurant has been torn down, but then they discover that it was simply walled up. What's more, it's still accessible, as long as they're willing to take the risk of being discovered by the local security guard.

My primary exposure to the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise is watching a Let's Play of the first two or three nights of the first game. A newly hired security guard monitors the restaurant and its animatronics via several security cameras. The animatronics have been programmed to freely move around the restaurant at night in order to keep their servomotors from locking up. Unfortunately, if they make it to the security guard's office, they'll kill him. His only defense is two doors with lights he can control that can keep the animatronics at bay, but any time spent looking at one of the doors and working the lights provides the animatronics with an opportunity to sneak up on the player via the other door.

I was expecting this to be a fun, creepy, and fast-paced book about murderous animatronics. Instead, it was largely a slow-paced exploration of Charlie's forgotten childhood memories and how they were connected to the kidnappings that occurred 10 years ago. It boggled my mind how much Charlie had forgotten about her own life and somehow never previously wondered about, and the way she was written, her life from age 8 to 16 might as well not have existed - all we learned about those years was that she kept more in touch with Marla than any of her other friends.

Certain aspects of the story were kept secret for longer than made sense - for example, the details about what happened to Charlie's father. And the design of the restaurant animatronics was just...dumb. Charlie's father would have had to be both a moron and a monster to design the animatronics to function the way they did, because it would have been cheaper, safer, and easier to just create two versions of each character, one an animatronic and one a suit that was wearable by humans.

I was never able to take the setup, a bunch of 17-year-olds reminiscing about the days when they were all around 7 years old, seriously. I think it would have worked better as a bunch of 20-somethings reminiscing about their teen years. I'm guessing the ages were chosen to be more relatable for teen readers, but I can't imagine the book's style would have been very appealing to that audience.

I'm not looking forward to reading the other two books in the trilogy. My only hope is that they'll be a little more tightly written.

(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)

This book was terrible. I only bought it because I was playing Five Nights at Freddy's.

FNAF (Five Nights At Freddy’s) is an amazing book and game series, but I really love this book called FNAF fazbear frights 3: 1.35am. Fazbear frights is a book series on FNAF with 9 books in the series. The books each have 3 mini stories inside about events in the FNAF timeline. Fazbear frights 3 is a really good book.

The first mini story in this book is about a woman named Delilah. She is an orphan and was recently divorced and now she lives alone. She works at a diner that is near her apartment, the pay is alright and she lives a nice life. One day while she is going down a street she sees a garage sale. She stops at it and takes a look and there she finds a doll named Ella. She buys it and takes it home but she throws it in the trash when she thinks it's broken but then Ella starts to haunt her. Ella wakes Delilah up at 1:35 am everyday.

I love this mini story because it keeps you on edge and it draws you in. Scott Cawthon (the author) gives a lot of backstory on Delilah and I really love it.

The second mini story is about a security guard named Stanley. Stanley is a security guard for a shady company. One night when he is working at his post he falls asleep (nothing really happens at his job so he normally falls asleep). When he wakes up there is a mysterious doll on his table. He is confused but he goes back to sleep and when he wakes up the doll is gone. Stanley is confused but does not think about it. The next day this process repeats itself, but the difference is that Stanley has fallen ill but he needs the money though so he still goes to work. That night the same strange doll appears and disappears through the night.

This story is amazing, it has mystery and makes you want to read more. I love how Scott Cawthon is relating all of his mini stories back to the game.

The third mini story is about a boy called Devon and his friend Mick. Devon is a 9th grader who has a big crush on his classmate Heather. He tries to get her attention but she never seems to pay attention to him. Then one day a kid named Kelsey shows up and gets Heather's attention. Devon was jealous of Kelsey so he had a plan. He had found an abandoned pizzeria with an animatronic inside it and he and his friend Mick went there with Kelsey. Mick liked Kelsey and did not know about Devon's plan. Devon convinced Kelsey to get into the animatronic suit and then Devon locked him in there. Devon did not want to hurt Kelsey but he wanted to make Kelsey suffer, but everything went wrong...

This story was enticing and scary, it also was very creative and very well written.

I rate this book as a whole an 8/10 and I recommend this book to 10-12 yrs old. (firelion, 12 years old)

this book was fun to read it keeps you on the edge of your seat all the time and I think it keeps you entertained throughout the entire book

This is more of a complimentary graphic novel to the original book rather than a standalone. A lot of information is missing for anyone who picks up the graphic novel if they've never read the book. I had to read a summary of the original book to understand the backstory and all character relationships. I enjoyed the artwork, but this graphic novel was lacking in story development and was very confusing in understanding the plot.

Five Nights At Freddy’s: The twister one’s is the sequel to Five Nights At Freddy’s: The silver eyes, it takes place a year after the first book and Charlie and Jessica are both in college. Charlie is still traumatized by what happened at the pizzeria and gets very worried when the murders start happening again. Charlie is scared that William is alive and hunting Charlie.

I love this book because it is very intense and there is a twist at every corner. I rate this book a 8/10 and I recommend this book to 13+

The story firsts starts with a "flash forward," through Charlie's eyes. Then the story continues and we find that Charlie and her friends from ten years ago are going to a memorial service. Charlie was friends with whom the memorial person was supposed to be for. His name was William and he disappeared 10 years ago. Her and a couple of her past friends went to the place where William was last seen. The place was called Freddy Fazbear's Family diner, and there was a mall built around it. Charlie and her friends snuck into Freddy's diner 3 times. They found that the robots their could move on their own after the second visit. A friend named Carlton was kidnapped by the same man that kidnapped William 10 years ago. So they fought the robots and the kidnapper, then left.

What I really like about Five Nights at Freddy's Silver Eyes is that it is a complete mystery. When you start to read the first book you have no idea what is happening. But as you go along the mystery unfolds. And even after you finish the book, there is still a mystery and you want to learn more. (Which I think is probably a reason why it is so popular with games, TV, books, and jokes.) I also like the ideas of the robots. Possessed robots is something that isn't too common. I also like the scare factor. With every sequel for a book or game the surprises, mysteries, and scares jump to another level.½

it is scary, funny and mysterious but i like it

I am an adult, with teenage children. I am fascinated by Five Nights at Freddy's. I love the concept. So I really wanted to read this.

The plot was ok. You just have to suspend your belief and go along with it. As a horror story, it is pretty formulaic. I did feel that the deaths described were pretty gruesome and wondered if they would be too much for younger teens. It also seemed that there were things introduced that were never developed. For example, the two heads that Charlie was working on. Are they developing consciousness? Will they play a part in future stories? Who knows.

I also wasn't too fond of the ending. Too ambiguous. But there is always room for a sequel.

So I read book 2 in the series before reading this first one. I enjoyed this one much more than book 2. The storyline makes more sense and I felt it didn't jump around as much. I am just fascinated with the whole 5 Nights at Freddy's mythos, so I enjoyed reading this.

Jordy book read as part of trilogy he wanted me to read. Share some conversation.½