The Silver Eyes

Five Nights at Freddy's Graphic Novel #1

by Scott Cawthon, Kira Breed-Wrisley, Claudia Schröder (Illustrator)

Don't miss the first-ever graphic novel for Five Nights at Freddy's, an adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestselling novel The Silver Eyes illustrated by fan-favorite game artist Claudia Schröder!
Ten years after the horrific murders at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that ripped their town apart, Charlie -- whose father owned the restaurant -- and her childhood friends reunite on the anniversary of the tragedy and find themselves at the old pizza place which had been locked up and abandoned for years. After they discover a way inside, they realize that things are not as they used to be. The four adult-sized animatronic mascots that once entertained patrons have changed. They now have a dark secret... and a murderous agenda.

Complete with new information and tense, terrifying illustrations, fans won't want to miss this graphic novel adaptation by Scott Cawthon, Kira Breed-Wrisley, and Claudia Schröder, whose stunning artwork has been featured in the games.

Genres: Horror, Graphic Novels, Comics, Young Adult, Fiction, Video Games, Mystery

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2016

About the author

Scott Cawthon is an American independent video game developer, animator, and writer, best known for his creation of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise.

Reviews

[HorrorBabe911 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Absolutely not what I was thinking. Since I loved Willy’s wonderland I thought it would be just as gruesome. But unfortunately it was not- then I found out it’s for kids, so I will not be continuing the series.

2stars because the illustrations were cool.

[bri 🧸 · Rating 4 out of 5]

all the animatronics are so cunty

[ame · Rating 2 out of 5]

Update: After reading the actual novel that this book was based on I will change the rating from 3 stars to 2. Considering how much information was in the book, I feel like this graphic novel failed at delivering the story properly.

[Lexi (Semi-Hiatus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5⭐️

My obsession with graphic novels this year is turning out to be one my favorite surprises of the year. I mean, the amount of comfort they bring after reading such heavy troped stories or DNF’ing several reads is just so satisfying. I promise, if you ever find yourself in a horrible reading slump, just pick up a graphic novel. If the storyline doesn’t pull you in. The artwork MOST DEFINITELY will.🥰🥰🥰

When I first read the synopsis of this, I was a little apprehensive about actually reading it. I am wimp when it comes to ANYTHING scary. Seriously. I watch all scary movies during the day. On Halloween, I disappear so no one will ask me to go to any parties or Hunted Houses. I am a big scaredy cat. AND I AM NOT EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT!!!☺️☺️☺️

But…

What motivated me to actually order this from my library and caused me to finish it in two days was the mystery aspect of this. Ten years ago, based on the storyline, several unsolved murders took place in the town of Hurricane, Utah. On the anniversary of these deaths, Charlie and her friends reunite to attend the memorial service as well as a scholarship ceremony. During this time, Charlie and her friends also decide to visit Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. It is then that strange memories start to hit Charlie and she and her friends encounter these murderous Animatronic Mascots. As the story progresses, Charlie and her six friends are literally in the fight of their lives. Who will survive??? And Most Importantly. What in the world do these murderous Animatronic Mascots really want???

Even though this was horror fiction and a murder mystery, I truly enjoyed reading this. I enjoyed learning Charlie’s back story and how open she was with her friend, John. After how crappy this past week has been, I really needed this read. It brought me comfort; relaxation; and I was able to use some of my problem solving skills to figure out pieces of the story (No I didn’t. I had no idea where this story was going until it was over But. I did figure out the killer after reading 143 pages).🤭🤭🤭

[anabela]

peak literature right here

[marcii☆ thomas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh, it was cute and wholesome but it lacked some character building and depth. Not really what I was hoping for. Still not a bad way to spend 20 minutes. 🤷‍♀️

[📖Moon Book Eater🍽️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best adaptation of the books.

[Olivia Ambrose · Rating 3 out of 5]

*I have an ARC of this book*

I like to think I'm pretty familiar with the lore of FNAF (Thanks Game Theory!), but I'd never read the books. But when I got the chance to read an ARC of the graphic novel of Silver Eyes, I was curious. I do think it suffered a little bit from not being the completed version because 98% of the drawings are still rough drafts and not finished or colored so I had a little trouble figuring out which character was which sometimes. But it was fun to read. I think it's also a book that I'm glad I read in graphic novel form. I think I would have lost interest and given up if it hadn't been. I probably won't read the rest of the books, but since I got this one for free, I wasn't going to turn the opportunity down.

[Ry Thompson]

The book was down right creepy BUT SUPER GOOD Dave/willam afton supoosedly the nightgaurd is the creepest character his facial expreesions will send shivers down you spine and when he shows you his scars from the suit witch wasent shown in the games but was a good feture same with the animatronics trying to keep the others safe from willam. super good book would highly reccamend

[karmen · Rating 3 out of 5]

feel like this is so hard to follow if you aren't already familiar w the story but it's a fun read nonetheless

[Nikakioy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ein guter Comic, der trotz sehr buntem Zeichenstil gut Stimmung macht. Die Geschichte richtet sich FNAF typisch an Teenager und ich denke, dass diese ganz gut von der Story abgeholt werden. Manchmal ist die Handlung etwas schnell, dass ist aber dem Medium geschuldet. Wer es noch gruselige und detaillierter haben will, der greift wohl besser zur Buchvorlage. Als kleiner Horror für zwischen durch ist der Comic aber echt nicht verkehrt.

7/10⭐

[Chelsea · Rating 2 out of 5]

I debated on whether I should finish reading the novel trilogy before tackling the graphic novel interpretations or not...but I'm glad I didn't wait. The original story is still fresh in my mind and I'm thankful because SO MANY details were cut from this interpretation! That's fairly common when taking a text aqnd transferring it to comic form, but like...there was important things cut. Also, the very little characterization to be had in the source material is watered down even further here.

The artwork was so ugly too but it kind of worked to build up the creep factor. Looking at you, Dave. Unlike most FNAF material, especially given the visual media that this is...there was no extra hidden bits to be had here.

Skippable for sure.

[CrazedCryptid · Rating 5 out of 5]

A quick read, it only makes sense if you are familiar with FNAF. It gets a five because Charlie/Charlotte/The puppet/The marionette is my favorite character.

[Daria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nie będę się tu rozwodzić na temat samej fabuły. Odsyłam do recenzji normalnej książki.

Jestem ogólnie zadowolona. Może nie w 100% usatysfakcjonowana, ale zadowolona, mimo że pewnie wymienię tu więcej wad niż zalet. Są lepsze i gorsze ujęcia, ale postacie wypadają całkiem nieźle, animatroniki chyba najładniej. Nawet okładka w rzeczywistości wygląda dużo lepiej niż na zdjęciach. No i jestem bardzo pozytywnie zaskoczona wyglądem naszego głównego antagonisty, bo wypada znacznie lepiej niż sugerują opisy. Również miny Jasona to absolutne złoto i bardzo do niego pasują, tutaj wydaje się być sympatyczniejszy niż w normalnej książce. Właściwie większość postaci wypada jakoś sympatyczniej w porównaniu z oryginałem.

Problem w tym, że niektóre sceny są skrócone albo w ogóle niepokazane. Rozumiem, że nie wszystko może jest sens wstawiać, ale brakuje jednej z, tak sądzę, ważniejszych scen, gdzie w normalnej książce jest przedstawiona wówczas charakterystyka antagonisty. W graficznej wersji liczyłam wówczas na sporo ujęć z tego fragmentu, bo jak najbardziej można było to zrobić, a tymczasem w ogóle tego nie ma. Ba, nie zauważyłam też, żeby w graficznej wersji chociaż raz padło jego prawdzie imię(!). Osoby, które zaczęły poznawać całą fabułę od tej strony, a nie od zwykłej wersji TSE, mogą się czuć lekko zagubione i wydaje mi się, że nie do końca ogarną, co tu się właściwie dzieje. Ale ja nigdy dotąd nie czytałam powieści graficznych, może taka ich specyfika.

Trochę brakowało mi też większych emocji, niektóre sceny były dużo szybsze niż zakładałam, że będą, nie było przez to napięcia. I uważam, że za mało były wyeksponowane uczucia i przeżycia bohaterów związane z jakimiś, najczęściej traumatycznymi, wydarzeniami.

Sam styl graficzny to bardzo już subiektywna opinia. Te ‘’szarpane” krawędzie czasem rzucały mi się w oczy i nie do końca odpowiadały. Brakowało mi tu też takiego ‘’mroczniejszego” oświetlenia, całość jest dość jasna i trochę zabija klimat.

Osobiście uważam, że jeśli jesteście kolekcjonerami, to warto ją kupić, ale jeśli ktoś dopiero pierwszy raz chce zapoznać się z historią książkowej trylogii, to ze względu na ucięte sceny i pewne braki dość istotnych fragmentów, raczej należy to traktować jako uzupełnienie dla normalnej książki, a nie na odwrót.

[sandro✩ · Rating 5 out of 5]

peak

[LeeAnne · Rating 1 out of 5]

I couldn’t find a competent review of this book online, and my 9 year old wanted to read it. The reading level is 4-8th grade, but I wanted an assessment of content as it was described as a young adult horror graphic novel. I was curious how the content compared to Goosebumps.

The writing is choppy. The book certainly contains the chase scenes I anticipated after reading a brief description of the video game.

I don’t know what age this book is for, but I think it is appropriate when the kid is ready for the following content/themes:
- children being murdered (depicted on drawings by children, described in text)
- parental suicide
- torture suit description(which deploy metal hooks into the person wearing them and which kill the person slowly) - including a depiction of this happening
- sex joke - “do you know what I put you inside?” “Your girlfriend”
- parents coping with the disappearance of their son
- abduction: depiction of a preschooler watching her brother be abducted, abduction of a teenager
- murder: depiction of murder of an adult, attempted murder of a teenager

The main characters are mostly teenagers -I think they are almost college age.

Lastly, even though the main characters solve the disappearances/murders, they do nothing to resolve the case/bring solace to the parents of the abducted. Highly unsatisfying storyline.

[₊ ⊹ Lily the Lilac ₊ ⊹ · Rating 4 out of 5]

So even though it's not canonical with the game, I still liked this a lot! I won't be reading the others because 1. I know what happens, and 2. I know the story goes haywire, but hey, this one was good. I was gonna be mad if they messed up the animatronics and William Afton, but that they didn't! \^o^/ (The former are drawn well, and the latter is still as creepily giddy about killing as always).

Overall, I'd recommend it to any fellow FNAF fan! ⭐

[˗ˏˋ mckenna ˎˊ˗ · Rating 4 out of 5]

i didnt enjoy the character design but the way the animatronics were drawn was done very well, it was nice to revisit the silver eyes as its been years since i read the first book!

[V. M. Brewster · Rating 3 out of 5]

• "That’s the worst thing, isn’t it?" Charlie said. "Things that act alive but aren’t." •

🔦☠️🗡

Die Story war mir aus dem Buch bereits bekannt, aber der Zeichenstil hat meines Erachtens viel vom Gruselfaktor gekillt. Es war trotzdem interessant, die Geschichte visualisiert zu bekommen und auch manchmal Easter Eggs in einzelnen Panels zu finden.

Aus Gründen (???) wird der Titel in der Graphic Novel nicht aufgegriffen, obwohl das ein großes Thema in den Rückblicken im Buch ist.

[noelle ! · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was super good. I only gave it four and a half stars because there was some gore and some graphic text. It was okay, I just think they should TONE THE GORE DOWN. But otherwise, it was a great book and I believe I will read the next book some time.

[Marco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short graphic novel based on the full novel. Almost too short but good for a recap of what happened in a short read. Read the novel for the full story. Illustrations are great at showing potentially confusing characters/events

[Jen · Rating 2 out of 5]

After sleeping on it, going to 2 stars. Too violent, not enough answers and I just didn’t enjoy it. Original review down below.

Super creepy and I’m not sure I quite understand about the kids who were killed and how the missing twin ties into everything and who killed the father and I’m left with more questions then answers. 3, I’m confused, stars.

[Arianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book! I’m really into Five Nights at Freddys right now. I played the game and learned the lore in the game and made theories and this throws them all off, so I’m a bit confused but other than that amazing book and can’t wait to get the rest of the series!

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really think this story lends itself better to the graphic novel format. A lot of the problems I had with the novel were missing from this adaptation. While I wasn’t in love with the art style, this was still a quick, spooky read.

[Mari Johnston · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was a really garbage adaptation.

[Alishkarki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love fanf so it was amazing

[Lillian M · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Autumn Riehemann · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gotta keep reminding myself that this is a different universe,, but I enjoyed it :))

[Andrew Sammut · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have not yet finished the novel but did not want to miss out on the opportunity of borrowing all three graphic novels in this series from the Birkirkara public library and read them in as short a time as possible. I still think of FNAF as having quite a cool concept and the jump scares and suspense are done right. Michael is a victim of the place and several years later his friends return to the place where he was kidnapped and killed. Animatronics were apparently the main character's father's idea and they are designed in a way to be worn as well as to be controlled. Charlie of course understands the concept and it's an extremely dangerous one. SPOILER ALERT The serial killer is also the security guard working at the place. For such a simple concept, such reads still send shivers down my spine and are very fast-paced. I think I would have enjoyed it better had the focus been more on the animatronics rather than the human characters since the suits are what make the story so unique. This was just an introduction to the world of Freddy and it's more of a backstory as to how the animatronics came to be and who really puts the visitors in danger. I am not sure as to whether or not some of the suits are actually haunted by the kids that were killed in them but the entire thing (the way in which the suits are designed) is unsettling.

[Laia · Rating 3 out of 5]

i have a love/hate relationship with this book. the graphic novel is so poorly detailed, while in the written novel you get lots of information, reactions from the characters and, overall, a good plot. in the graphic novel there's none of that. the artist did a great good, but I wish it was more detailed and perhaps bloody. it didn't make me feel exited, scared or even the thrill of what's going to happen next.
it's a quick read and, at the end of the day, it does it's job... the lore it's there, maybe not as good and detailed... but there she is. so maybe I'll recommend it to someone who wants to know what's going on with fnaf in a deeper level than YouTube videos but they don't have enough time to read a 300 page book.
I would rate it a 2 but it was very colourful and pretty.