Oto trzy opowieści, które zmrożą krew w żyłach nawet najbardziej odważnego gracza. Powszechnie przecież wiadomo, że świat "Five Nights at Freddy's" ma wiele mrocznych stron. Przekonają się o tym dotkliwie Oswald, Sarah i Millie. Każde z nich będzie musiało zapłacić słoną cenę za spełnienie swoich marzeń. A o czym marzą? Oswaldowi dopiekła już letnia nuda. Bardzo chciałby, aby wydarzyło się w końcu coś ciekawego. Szkoda tylko, że pomyślał o tym w złej godzinie... Sarah pragnie być piękna, a Millie z całego serca marzy o tym, by zniknąć z powierzchni ziemi. Zdecydowanie byłoby lepiej, gdyby swoje pragnienia i one zachowały jedynie w głębi serca...
Seria gier "Five Nights at Freddy's" zdążyła już zdobyć sobie ogromną rzeszę fanów na całym świecie. Łączy w sobie cechy gier typu "wskaż i kliknij" z survival horrorem. Serię tę stworzył Scott Cawthon i to właśnie ON jest autorem opowiadań składających się na treść prezentowanej tutaj książki.
A wszystko, jak pewnie dobrze pamiętacie, zaczęło się w pizzerii "Freddy Fazbear's Pizza", gdzie nocny stróż nękany był przez przerażających animatroników. Później nowi właściciele lokalu otworzyli w nim dom strachów. A potem rozpętało się prawdziwe szaleństwo i to nie tylko, jeśli chodzi o stronę fabularną, ale i technologiczną. Obecnie na rynku królują najnowsze części gry dostosowane do technologii VR (rzeczywistości wirtualnej). Krążą też plotki o filmowej adaptacji gier. Tymczasem zachęcamy wielbicieli do lektury trzech mrożących krew w żyłach opowiadań. Być może Wam udało się przetrwać spotkanie z koszmarnymi animatronikami. Czy jednak zdołają tego dokonać Oswald, Sarah i Millie? Przekonajcie się sami!
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.
I think this book is about as well-written as the Goosebumps books, but I couldn’t help but notice that this book is horribly negative towards its teen girl protagonists. I would definitely hesitate to give these stories to girls.
The first story has a young boy protagonist and the narrative is sympathetic towards him. The last two stories have teen girl protagonists.
The stories are viciously judgmental towards them for wanting things many girls that age want—to be pretty and to have a boyfriend.
The punishments they face are many, many degrees more violent and extreme than the ones faced by the male protagonist. I hope as this series continues, the writers evaluate the messages they are promoting.
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.
“I know you like Poe because he’s dark and spooky, and it’s easy to romanticize death when you’re young and it’s so far away. But Poe didn’t write about death because he thought it was romantic. He wrote about it because he lost so many of the people he loved. You’ve never experienced that kind of loss, Millie. It...changes you.”
“Oh, but that really takes action, doesn’t it?” The voice said. “Changing a life for the better, especially when the world is such a mean, rotten place?”
I loved these FNAF short stories! So well written. I loved getting to see more pieces of the lore start to be revealed. They were quick but with just enough description to make me truly interested in the characters. Haunting! Loved it. Can’t wait for the next ones!
Se un pochino mi conoscete sapete che se c'è un coniglio in copertina o nel titolo di un libro beh....non posso non leggerlo. E se poi questo libro è anche un genere che mi garba ancora meglio no?
Five Nights at Freddy’s nasce come videogioco e successivamente diventa libro e film. Un horror all'apparenza banale, perché si coglie quasi subito l'epilogo, ma davvero piacevole....che poi si può dire piacevole di una storia horror?
Direi adatta anche per un pubblico gggiovane, un po' tipo Piccoli Brividi ecco, ma incentrata ovviamente su questi animali meccanici.
Abbiamo un coniglio gigante giallo che vive in un mondo parallelo al nostro e che è pronto a farci dimenticare la solitudine. Una splendida robottina che pur di renderci felici è disposta a qualsiasi sacrificio per noi. Ed infine abbiamo uno splendido orso bianco e rosa che ci mostrerà, nella notte di Natale, cosa conta di più nella nostra vita.
The protagonists in the first installment finally get their wishes granted and that's when everything starts to fall apart.
Into the Pit
Dylan Cooper is such a stereotypical name for a bully. Anyway, I enjoyed the time-travel premise and the eerie atmosphere surrounding the animatronic. The story's setting and animatronic are especially unsettling.
4/5
To Be Beautiful
The story's focuse on beauty, pretending to be someone you're not and sacrificing individuality quickly became tiresome. The characters also felt shallow, although this may have been intentional to reflect the superficiality of pretending to be someone you're not. The execution left me rolling my eyes throughout the story. The ending was also predictable.
1/5
Count the Ways
Millie is a frustrating protagonist. She romanticises death while refusing to eat meat 'cause she considers it murder. Her constant self-pity makes her even more unlikeable, especially when she portrays almost every aspect of her life as miserable.
However, the story improves as it progresses. Millie's behaviour begins to make more sense when viewed through the lens of depression. This doesn't excuse her behaviour, but it makes her character easier to understand. The ending also earns the story an additional point for exploring something I've always wanted to see in a Five Nights at Freddy's story.
I'm interested in the FNaF series, and I am really looking forward to the rest of these upcoming short stories.
Fazbear Frights #1 Into The Pit is something you would not expect out of FNaF, the events that occur are almost out of nowhere, and are uh, very confusing confusing, however, in some weird way, it all made sense by the end of the stories, at-least some. Now, I can say to all the FNaF enthusiasts out there, no; this is clearly not a book that is taking place within the games timeline, I myself am a diehard FNaF theorist, and it's clear here that, it's not supposed to be used as a book to solve the games, disappointingly.
However, there are some references, and POTENTIAL connections you could make to the games that are definitely eye opening, and... certainly VERY disturbing for the average FNaF you're used to, it's clear that Scott wanted to take a more, darker tone; it's also nothing like the old novels, the character's here do have a lot more written into them, and it's quite shocking that you see the situations they end up in... especially the ones that got what was coming.
ts an okay book, and it's certainly not a book used for the games, newcomers will certainly enjoy it, but if you want a darker fnaf route, if you enjoy Stranger Things, Lovecraft, ETC, you will certainly enjoy this book
You're in for an... interesting ride.
EDIT 1:
I've seen some out-lash on another review about a girl with an eating disorder, now this is definitely true but uh, it's there for a reason, every story in this book does have a gimmick, but it relates to them of course, the girl with the eating disorder is there for a reason, I won't say why yet, but yes, there is clearly a reason for this.
My daughter and I read this collection of three novella aloud together right before bed. She's a big FNAF fan- has read the main trilogy of books and played the games- and she wanted to share these stories with me.
They remind me a bit of Goosebumps books, but all three have some connection to the FNAF world. I was pleasnetly surprised how much I enjoyed reading these stories! A time traveling ball pit in a pizza parlor? I've never seen that before? And the classic themes of wanting to belong and fit in work well with the horror elements in these stories.
Overall, I'd recommend reading this collection if you are familiar with the FNAF world. I think you'd appreciate them much more than if you just approach them blind.
This was a great book. It has 3 story's in it. The first one is about a kid named Oswald who just wants a funner summer. I think the lesson for that one is be grateful for what you have. He gets into some trouble on his way through summer. The second one, is about a girl named Sarah who wants to be pretty. She finds a doll, fixes it up, and it grants her wishes. I think the lesson for this one is always be yourself. The last one, is about a girl named Millie. She wishes to dissapear off the Earth. I think the lesson for this one is be careful for what you wish for. There is a voice who offers to grant her wish, but she then realizes; she doesn't want to leave, she wants to live her life. It kind of leaves you at a cliff hanger at the end if she lives or not.
This is a collection of 3 short stories about the Five Nights Universe. The implications of some of the stories were the truly chilling part of it. I love the idea of the end of each book being a chapter and to get the full story you have to read each volume.
1. Into the Pit: Not the scariest, but definitely weird. A time-traveling ball pit that leads to the 80's version of Freddy's was the real star here. Although the hung golden Bonnie was gross.
2. To Be Beautiful: By far my favorite in this volume. Very scary. A teen girl wishes on a robot to be pretty, but it's a Be Careful What You Wish For story; and the ending gave me goosebumps.
3. Let Me Count the Ways: My least favorite of the 3; this goth girl also learns to be careful what she wishes for and learns maybe death isn't so cool. The closest to the lore we know, she had crawled into the empty cavity inside a bear animatronic but he is listing the ways he can kill her. An open-ending but still spooky nonetheless.
I see why my students like this book! Overall it was fast paced, had important lessons, and definitely was creepy! I wasn’t totally thrilled with some of the characterization of our female leads compared to the male. Our female protagonists were very centered on beauty, thinness, and impressing boys. Not to mention both of them died while the male didn’t. It’s a good read for middle school, but perhaps not my first recommendation.
Going into this book, I just expected the usual “oh no an animatronic is on a killing spree!” But it was so much more than that.
Spoilers!
For into the pit, I had been spoiled on the ending, but the level of detail put into the book is absolutely incredible. I didn’t expect the twist of spring bonnie taking the place of his dad and accidentally hanging himself at the end. 10/10
For to be beautiful, I had also been spoiled on, but the level of sadness I felt for Sarah was really unexpected. It was just absolutely incredible storytelling and the creepiness along with the level of suspense was fantastic. The last couple lines of the story nearly brought me to tears. (Maybe I’m thinking to much about it lol) 10/10
Now for count the ways, I had no idea what I was getting into. All I knew is that she got decapitated at the end. To find out that she’s an emo girl that longed for death was really shocking to me, especially with having a very loving family. However, the ending actually did bring me to tears. Again, the level of detail was amazing. 10/10
Last thing, I noticed that all the stories had a common theme. Being happy with what you have. These stories aren’t just little horror stories about animatronics. These are stories about people who want to be different, and learn the hard way to accept who they are and what they have. And that, in my opinion, is what makes this book incredible. Fantastic job Scott!
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I've only read snippets of this book, which was read to me over the phone by one of my friends, but from what I've heard about the plot and the snippets I've been read, I feel the need to write a review; Don't get me wrong, I've actually heard the majority of the book word-for-word, but I'm sure there're a few things I'm missing here, which is why I won't actually be rating the book, in spirit of fairness.
I'm honestly astonished at how many of these reviews are positive. The book's writing is decent at best, and the plot seems fairly plain; I suppose a younger audience could definitely enjoy it, but I think you would have to be very young to find it scary. The first story is alright, if you can get past a few plot-holes. It wasn't the best but, again, I could definitely see it being enjoyed by a young audience. The worst part of this book, in my opinion, is how it handles the last two stories and the very real concerns present there. The second story follows a teen-girl who is constantly wishing she was prettier or more popular and shames her body-image almost every other sentence. The third story follows a teen-girl as well, only this one seems obsessed with the idea of death.
Both of these things are VERY REAL problems that people go through, but the story seems to handle these serious topics like a side-plot, and doesn't address them in a proper, realistic way; Instead the protagonists are treated like villains for having these thoughts, and (spoilers ahead) they both end up dying without this inner-conflict truly being resolved. It seems as though this might've been to appeal to an older audience, but it fails miserably and ends up being another cliche demonstration of very real-world problems.
Overall, the plot is written poorly and the characters are written even worse. The stories also seem to do this weird thing where they decide to //ACTUALLY INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF FNAF// near the very end of the story?? Which ironically feels tacked on, and seems to ruins the original set-up of the plot. These are just my thoughts and if you genuinely enjoyed this book, that's awesome! I just had to get my opinion out there, seeing as most of these reviews are incredibly positive.
3.5 That was actually better than I expected tbh (even tho I’ve heard that these are better than the main saga, the opinions about the saga are so abismal that I was kinda scared, but I was actually pleasantly surprised). It kinda felt like reading Goosebumps again, I can see these books becoming big in the middle grade horror genre.
Into the pit (3 stars) This was the one that felt very fnafy. It connected well with the lore of the games (the whole afton getting into the bunny suit and being creepy) but was it’s own story at the same time. Not bad, but not the best either (and also the whole time traveling ball pit was kinda hilarious, and I would have liked it if the kid he befriends in the past was his father, although he might have been a victim maybe?)
To be beautiful (3.5 stars) This one was... kinda better?? But it also really showed that it was written by a man. Idk, the whole self-negative thinking about being ugly was putting me off a bit, and it ended up being such a sad story in the end. Idk, kinda confused about how I feel about this story.
Count the ways (3.5 stars) This one was the saddest one by far. The ending was so heartbreaking (no spoilers, I promise). But I kinda didn’t like the whole girls judging other girls just because they like being pretty (I guess we’re back at the whole I’m not like the other girls trope huh?) Its the kind of negativity we don’t need to keep in seeing in media (again, it really felt like it was written by a man, especially when you think about the difference in themes in Into the pit vs the other two stories, it makes you think, doesn’t it?).
The first story was interesting, but the others were garbage. They had literally nothing to do with the FNAF world and could have easily been for a different, unrelated story. The writing of the last two stories were awful and I only kept reading to see if they would be tied back into the FNAF world. I was super disappointed with these and would not recommend if you're interested in the story of FNAF.
This was more of a palette cleanser after reading a bloated romance novel and it was literally something i punched out in a day.
The question is, was it good? Well....it was...okay?
So this book is really 3 mini stories in one and they kinda read like goosebump stories. Although at times, it definitely gets a bit dark for a Y novel. The first story ends happily. the second does not and the third is left purposely ambiguous. so like... 1 1/2 happy 1 1/2 sad?
It's impossible to review it as one, as its three stories, so i'll go per story
Story one is about a kid who is grumpy that his parents are poor. he time travels through a ballpit in a pizza place to the 1980's (As you do) and meets up with what i ASSUME is springtrap and has to escape from him and save his dad. All in all, this was definitely the best of the 3 although the main character took the fact that he time traveled quite easily. He treated time travel basically like he found an extra cookie in his lunch. kind of like an "oh. i time traveled. neat" There was some exciting action, although i wasn't a fan of how adult the 5th grader sounded and acted. he sounded like he was at LEAST freshman in high school and made him sound older beyond his years. not a fan of that. overall though, i enjoyed this one the most with a 3.5/5 rounded up to a 4.
Story 2's story has been done to death. it's basically a monkey's paw cautionary tale of "be careful what you wish for" girl rescues an animatronic from the dump which i ASSUME is like a svelt, pretty version of circus baby. girl doesn't like her body and wishes for a better body. throughout the story she gets prettier and prettier thanks to eleanor (the animatronic). She gets more an more shallow and ditches her old friend and then eventually she becomes animatronic pieces and dies, as eleanor betrayed her. The end. This actually caught me off guard as the first story ended with a happy ending so i assumed this one would too. Nope. Girl who wants to be pretty dies a stupid ridiculous death. This one was boring as it was just about her whinging about wanting to be pretty, becoming a jerk, then dying. I guess the moral's supposed to be "Be happy with who you are" but it's such a slap in the face of "HEY! HERE'S THE MORAL!" that it's kind of insulting, even to people of this age range that the book is made for. 2/5
The final story is about a goth girl who, being obsessed with death ends up in the stomach cavity of who i ASSUME to be fun time freddy from the way they described him. They keep flipping between the present and the past of the goth girl being a jerk to is quite possibly the nicest grandpa in the world (like seriously i wish my grandpa had been this nice). Actually, i'm going to pause this review a minute to talk about this grandpa. he volunteers to take her in after her parents go to saudia arabia, he cares about her, is concerned when he sees her upset, tries to talk to her about her problems, offers to take her places, when he learns she's a vegetarian IMMEDIATELY changes what he cooks to make her happy, brings her cookies and does basically everything he can to make her happy. And the girl (millie) is such a jerk to him it actually got me a bit mad. Okay, mini-rant over. So yeah, a boy at school talks to her but then she finds out he has a girlfriend and wants to die. So this whole time the animatronic has been offering her ways to die while inside him which is REALLY disturbing for a kids book. She admits she doesn't really want to die and has just been saying it because she was sad. She eventually chooses decapitation as she tries to use this as a chance to escape by ducking down low and escaping right after. we don't find out what happens though because after the blade comes through the story ends. so it's left ambiguous. which is kind of annoying. This was definitely the most morbid out of the 3 and the least pleasant to have to read. It wasn't BAD, just depressing and annoying at times. I give it the same score as story 2. a 2/5. The girl was annoying, the ending didn't really exist, and it was just unpleasant to read at times.
Then there's 5 pages of a cop reading over a report about there being a guy in a mask as Sarah (girl from book 2) is missing. Didn't really care.
All in all, it was all right. It honestly seemed like an attempt to do a goosebumps like mini anthology, just a tad darker at times. It really isn't super FNAF relevant perSAY, but some of the characters are there. If you're looking for lore, this is not the place to find it. if you're looking for a quick read where kids are in peril....i mean, this definitely fits that qualification in spades. when it all boils down it, i give it a 2.5/5 rounded up to a 3.
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Muszę przyznać, że bardzo dobrze bawiłam się, czytając tę książkę. Angielski jest tu prosty, więc nie musiałam intensywnie siedzieć z tłumaczem, jak się tego obawiałam. Każda z tych historii miejscami ma zadziwiająco… szokujące sceny i nie każda z nich kończy się szczęśliwie, a jedna właściwie zostawia nas ze znakiem zapytania.
Każda z nich ma też jakiś tam morał, może oczywisty, może wręcz banalny i z pewnością pojawiający się wszędzie nie raz nie dwa, ale całkiem fajnie, że znalazło się na to miejsce. I przyznaję, że podobały mi się te 3 historie i pomysły na nie, a fakt, że to opowiadania, działa tylko na ich korzyść. Można się było uśmiechnąć i można się było przerazić.
Into the pit – chłopiec z biednej rodziny, zmuszony do spędzenia samotnych wakacji, przesiaduje każdy dzień w pizzeri. Sfrustrowany monotonią, samotnością i traktowaniem jak paczka, którą się podrzuca i odbiera, postanawia trochę nastraszyć ojca i ukryć się w starym basenie z plastikowymi piłkami, żeby ten zaczął go szukać. Wówczas dzieje się coś dziwnego. Moje ulubione opowiadanie, bo w pewnej chwili dzieją się tam rzeczy, które mogą się wydawać absurdalne, ale jednocześnie są przerażające.
To be beautiful – historia nastoletniej dziewczyny, która popada w obsesje na punkcie swojego wyglądu. Nie akceptuje siebie, a jej idolkami są jedne z najładniejszych dziewczyn w szkole, które nazywa The Beautifuls. Marzy, żeby być taka jak one i żeby chłopak, który wpadł jej w oko, zwrócił na nią uwagę. Pewnego dnia znajduje w samochodzie tajemniczą lalkę, a właściwie robota, która da jej tę szansę.
Count the ways – znowu mamy nastoletnią dziewczynę Millie, która mieszka u swojego dziadka podczas gdy jej rodzice podróżują po świecie. Millie ma nietypowe zainteresowania, bo interesuje się… śmiercią. Ubiera się na czarno, jest nieszczęśliwa i często opryskliwa. Obserwujemy historie z dwóch linii czasowych, gdy na jednej Millie zaczyna poważnie myśleć nad sobą, a na drugiej jak do tego doszło.
It was really good. Some stories connected with each other and I enjoyed discovered new secrets from fnaf world😌. (P. S. This stories have many interesting plot twists and my fav is “into the pit”.
2.5/5⭐️ On the one hand, it was interesting to see how Scott Cawthon and Elley Cooper managed to include the familiar FNAF animatronics in modern settings. The time travel into the 80s within the first short story was also fun! Even though I’ve heard the books are not included in the game’s lore, they still seem to be cool additions for people craving more content (aka me). However, I read in another review that the stories with the female protagonists were overly negative towards them and I have to agree with that. While I do understand the messages - that there is things more important than appearance and that life should be enjoyed - the protagonists were still teenage girls and can you blame them this much for giving into societal pressure or having a twisted mindset at 14? Is that really something that deserves the death penalty? Furthermore, they were both written in a painfully stereotypical manner. As a baby bat, reading about Millie was truly something. It was not so enjoyable to see goth people represented as suicidal social rejects once again. And reading about her death after she had just started to realize how amazing life can be felt just plainly wrong. So I don’t quite know what to think about this book. But the follow ups still seem really promising and I’m excited to find out which other FNAF characters make a comeback in them. Let’s see how the rest of the series continues!