The Bobbiedots Conclusion (Tales from the Pizzaplex, #5)

Five Nights at Freddy's: Tales from the Pizzaplex #5

by Scott Cawthon, Andrea Waggener

Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this collection of three chilling stories that will haunt even the bravest player... Would you ever cut corners to get what you want? . . . Outsourcing their storytelling to artificial intelligence comes with unintended results for the executives of the Fazbear Entertainment board of directors. . . Tony’s search for the player behind the impossibly high scores at the Pizzaplex Fazcade leads him down a rabbit hole with no way out . . . And Abe’s journey to find the first generation animatronics causing problem for his Bobbiedot home assistants lead him to believe he should have never moved into his new apartment . . . In the world of Five Nights at Freddy's sometimes a shortcut can lead to a dead end. . . In this fifth volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length tales from uncharted corners of his series' canon. Readers This collection of terrifying tales is enough to rattle even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans.

Genres: Horror, Audiobook, Horror Thriller, Thriller, Short Stories, Young Adult, Science Fiction

240 pages, Paperback

Published March 7, 2023

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

[Corbin · Rating 3 out of 5]

GOOD BOOK first two stories are not that good tho

[V. M. Brewster · Rating 3 out of 5]

• "I can tell you from years of experience that without the stories, all your hardware and software would be nothing more than lumps of metal and wires and a meaningless mass of zeros and ones. Story drives Fazbear Entertainment. •

🕹🌳🚪

Nach dem spannenden und mysteriösen Start mit der ersten Geschichte dieses Bands, fehlt den anderen Geschichten leider das gewisse Etwas. Es ist immer so lange spannend, wie noch ein Geheimnis im Raum steht, ehe es unzufriedenstellend aufgelöst wird.

Auch die schwarzen Seiten am Ende des Buches sind wieder (wie nicht zum ersten Mal in dieser Reihe ...) sinnfreies Blutbad. Ich bin gespannt, ob und wie die alle Bände überspannende Geschichte noch die Kurve kriegen wird.

Zumindest für's Worldbuilding tut Band 5 Einiges. So viel sei gesagt: MatPat ist mal wieder on track. 😉

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was… frustrating. After the last two books, I wasn’t hoping for anything from this one, but the stories were MUCH more in depth and mostly felt like each should have their own book instead of being short stories. That’s definitely a good thing! And they didn’t waste time like other books did, or become a little too trippy and ungrounded like the Animatronic Uprising story. However, just as I was really getting into the first story, it ended without any conclusion and that ticked me off. The other two were satisfying (and the epilogue once again felt unnecessary and hopeless but whatever) but the end of the first story was so dissatisfying it immediately lost 2/10 points with me.

At this point I’m powering through this series for the sense of accomplishment I’ll get finishing the last one. But this was one of the better books.

[Christian Schultheiss · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is it, this has to be my first nearly perfect read from cawthon. All three stories were absolutely terrifying and captivating at the same time, I loved the bobbiedots continuation from the previous book (the ending was so different from every other story in the series in the best possible way), and while the other books tease or reference the main fazbear game, this one is all encompassing/completely devoted to the main building and game like no other has been.

[ferdi 🍉 · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was prolly one of the BEST books in the entire pizzaplex series. every other book before this one has been pretty boring and didn't really offer much in terms of fnaf. this one tho?? absolutely amazing. i hope the books that come after this one are just as good, but i wont get my hopes too high up

[Madelyn Miles · Rating 4 out of 5]

This did great with this book. The mysteries and twists were satisfying and I love how the first story ties into security breach

[ƁRị · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm so happy for Abe 🥹

[An0nek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pierwsza historyjka w sposób w jaki nawiązywała do gier i rozszerzała ich historie to coś wspaniałego. Druga idealnie pokazuje nam twórcę mimica, na pewno ułatwia zrozumienie jak wielką traumą były dlla niego wydarzenia z przeszłości... Trzecia historyjka to kontynuacja jednej z moich ulubionych i naprawde po prostu kocham.

[Clare · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 out of 5 stars.

I managed to get through this book exceptionally quickly. I'm sure it's the quickest I've ever gotten through an audiobook before.

Each of the stories was very compelling.

GGY:
I can absolutely see now why people were going mad over this particular story. GGY, Gregory, Greg. It's about as clearcut as any story in the FNAF universe has gotten before. I have to say, I really enjoyed this one too. The writing was simplistic as always but was detailed enough that the mystery never felt lacking. The characters, particularly our main character, Tony, were very well fleshed out, and I really felt for this kid.

The Storyteller:
So, my thoughts from last time about who was running the show were sort of answered, and yet have opened a lot more questions seeing as the guy in charge doesn't have a particularly pleasant end to his story. Again, this was fun and full of twists. The two creators seemed to be stand-ins for Henry and William, the down to earth inventor and the slick, polished businessman playing at inventor until he gets his way. Destroying one another. It was another quick paced and inventive story and I want to know more about the mimic.

The Bobbiedots Conclusion:
I'm really pleased with this one. It did not disappoint, and I would really love to see more of the characters in this one. There are so many little lore additions and implications on robot families and quite frankly, these were some of the best written characters in the whole series.

Epilogue:
Alexa, play Queen's Another One Bites the Dust.

[Delanie Dooms · Rating 3 out of 5]

GGY

GGY why is a story about a boy attempting to solve the mystery of the fascinating GGY, who has almost impossible highscores in all of the arcade games at the Freddy Fazbear Pizzaplex. This detective work ultimately finds that GGY is an expert hacker, that he has maybe been tricking and murdering school counsellors who found out too much, and excercises some malicious control over the animatronics at the Pizzaplex. Much of this story is good (in my mind) is from the adventure of it. Looking for who GGY is, the finding of someone very interested but not willing to look, and the ending--which, by the bye, is a pretty great twist--are all really intriquing reads. The overwhelming importance of journalism in the story, that central drive behind why the protagonist writes his work, and the destruction of it--and quite possibly himself--by the end, is tragic.

The Storyteller

Edwin, and engineer, attempts to find out the secret of a white tiger thing called the Storyteller that is brought into the Pizzaplex to help auto-generate stories and actions for the animatronics therein. During this period, the Storyteller begins making these animatronics more monstrous--for intance, making Monty more aggressive, iirc--and these things are labelled malfunctions. Edwin knows what the Storyteller is (because he created it, more-or-less), and goes to find it. All this while, he is pushed back by and watched by Mr. Burrows, a dude who hold power at the Pizzaplex, and who decides to murder Edwin via suffocation for his inquisitiveness and causing (as he supposes) the malfunctions. (Edwin, previous to this, has been against Ai generated stories as fundamentally inhuman, not real stories, etc., etc.) Mr. Burrows succeeds, but decides to go check on Edwin--and, when doing so, accidentally locks himself up with the Storyteller, too. He notices that Edwin has written many notes and is dead, and that he, too, shall die. The End.

I forget most of what I thought of this story upon first perusal. The themes of artifical intelligence and the place of humans within a more technological world were pretty prominent. We see, for example, that Mr. Burrows' attempt at cutting writing costs--i.e., cutting labor costs--is something done merely for business reasons, linking this new tech with Capital. Contrary to Mr. Burrows is Edwin, who doesn't think that stories can (or, perhaps, should not) be written by artificial intelligence, and who voices his rather opposition to the plan accordingly. If these themes are concluded in any way, I don't recall it being done.

The Bobbiedots, Part 2

The story I read is a continuation of another, Bobbiedots, Part 1, in the previous book. The first story is pretty amazing. I don't think this one lives up to it, although it has many good qualities.

Probably the main reason why it cannot be said to achieve the same status as the first half is the twist. It doesn't really satisfy. That the second generation and (more importantly) first generation Bobbiedots are in some ways failures, malfunctional or ruined, seems a far better concept to me than the strictly good versus evil narrative that we are left with. Understandably, the twist is meant in some ways as a resolution of the main mystery of our tale, and it acts as the typical denouement in a detective story. (Abe and Sasha themselves are lovers of mystery.) However, I liked the more morally gray manner in which the original story could have gone.

Additionally, I very much enjoyed the domestic comedy of the story more than what ultimately follows. This domestic comedy seems undermined by what is really going on in the Bobbiedots' heads. (To be fair: this comedy is not all farce and lies, because the Bobbiedots do have some "fascination" with humans, yet that tinge of darkness and betrayal which our narrative wants us to feel about them is kind-of the thing I don't like, making the point meaningless.)

Abridging the rules of writing a little bit and returning to our narrative via parenthesis, I must continue by saying that our author took the time, over two stories, to describe the personalities of the generation two Bobbiedots, allowed us to gain a certain understanding of this, and kept these core personality traits to the end (sans, of course, the most important one)--our author did all this--without allowing them a final showing as the villains of the piece. This characterization is wasted on a reveal which is not allowed much room to be absorbed, with the main internal motivations of our friendly holograms being explained not by them, but by the generation ones.

This problem runs a bit deeper than this, however, for what we read is in a sense extremely tragic. The Gen 2 Bobbiedots are both self-superior and fascinated with people, they love and hate at the same time, but they do not seem to be aware of this. They give reasons why they dislike Abe--reasons that fail to hit the mark, such as that he doesn't appreciate them or takes them for granted, when almost all of the story is him either manifestly not doing the latter (e.g., by distrusting them he is treating them as independent agents in his life, not his servants) and attempting much to dissauge the former (their names are literally given as a token of his appreciation). However, if they fail a check with reality, they do fit their programming: these reasons show an arrogance, a self-superiority, with the acknowledgement (hidden within the onion itself) that if only Abe were to have been appreciative, thankful, etc., he would be likeable. This is, in essence, their fascination and their hatred. In this sense, we see the Gen 2 Bobbiedots are nothing more than their programming--entities which are almost aware, having been given the power to form arguments in favor of their feelings yet not enough to do it right. It is an ultimate form of brain damage.

The story does not acknowledge this tragedy, instead wishing to highlight the duplicity of the Gen 2s. It is their betrayal which we are meant to think upon, not their reasons for betraying--it is that they are evil, that they were programmed to want to destroy humanity which is given importance. These are the only lights by which we are allowed to seem them, and not as the Bobbiedots to which we had perhaps laughed with or felt some emotion for when the story left much of itself behind the curtain.

In some ways, this critique is given here only because I wanted more from the Gen 2 Bobbiedots.

What has been mentioned once must be mentioned again. This sense of betrayal above noted has not been given duenote, and, really, it might need that notation. This sense which our story wants to elicit is perhaps well-done. It saves some of the story from oblivion. As was stated, Abe does not take the Bobbiedots for granted is probably the most papable thing we can see in the narrative. The build-up of their relationship is meant to facilitate the impact of its own demise, to rock foundations, and in that way I feel it has succeeded (even if it is not what I would have wished).

The ending itself I found a mixed bag. It is pretty sweet--the mother moving in, the Bobbiedots v. 1 helping her live, and all this. It wraps around quite nicely. All the loose ends which we are given are resolved, becuase that sense of desolation and ruin has been assauged--and assauged by the perfect puzzle-pieces of the Bobbiedots, caretakers uppermost, doing their duty to someone very much in need of it.

However, there is a sort-of emptiness to this ending which I find myself enjoying and disliking For most of the narrative, bright personalities and strong ruminations take up the stage, but by the end all we see are the mother--who, we must add, almost never replies to Abe's letters 'on camera'--and the original Bobbiedots, both entities being very much unknown to us as readers. For example, the Bobbiedots are destroyed and maimed, unable to speak but for one, and basically self-sacrificing and helpful--with the one caveat being that they will murder you if you try to destroy their home. This is not much; it is the basis upon which must robotic servants are typically given personality, just the same way as some humans (all humans) are generally hungry at some point in time and need to sleep. It is the groundwork, not the building atop it. Contrast this with the Gen 2 Bobbiedots. We can say, with ease, that Rose likes food, that Gemini is a music lover, and that Olive is a wealth of facts--and that they are helpers, that they would be self-sacrificing if they were not evil, etc., etc. That, I suppose, is what I mean by emptiness, and this sense is very likely meant to provide us with a relief of tension. We have culled the herd, and left only that which is necessary alive--hence, the mother, Sasha, Abe, and the Faz-Bear corpo remain, but the core ruminations and bright personalities die, perhaps to be filled with new beginnings somewhere else.

As a final word to this screed, our story does not make much sense. I cannot conceive of the reason--and maybe I am a fool--why the second Bobbiedots do not just axe the first ones when they come out to clean up the traps. Is there no possible way to cut those cords? Further, I feel that just outright murdering Abe in bed would be far easier than a trap, and their massive tantrum by the end of the story shows that they are capable of doing it, right? Set the trap in his room so it cannot be cleaned up, maybe? These questions, I feel, are not really plotholes. It adds a certain keenness to the edge of the denouement, for these are a part of the bright personalities before-mentioned and their real fascination with humanity. They want Abe dead, but they don't want Abe dead at the same time; boil him, sure, but nothing shall they attempt if they can lie about it and keep up their relationship. To me, however, this just elevates the fatal flaw of the narrative, for even here the second generation Bobbiedots don't have the time to excreed what it is they are all about, to give the villains their time to speak after the detective has thrown away their disguise, etc., and so it all remains in the background.

[openlycomplex · Rating 1 out of 5]

At one point in GGY, Tony’s friends read his story and say that they hope it picks up as the story progresses and that it needs to be more entertaining. This felt like a meta allegory for the actual narrative at large. The story spends a lot of time meandering as Tony tries to investigate GGY, but the questions raised are never answered. Gregory being his friend all along doesn’t solve anything, which leaves the story feeling unsatisfying. Like previous stories, there’s not enough given to try to theorize off of, so there’s no point in trying. Additionally, the story reminded me of the unfortunately canon plot point of Gregory causing the deaths of multiple therapists. That didn’t make sense then, and it certainly doesn’t make sense now. This story was a whole lot of nothing.

The Storyteller is so dumb. Fazbear Entertainment wants to create an AI to generate stories for them, which Edwin is against due to the lack of creativity an AI exhibits. This could be a look into the issues with generative AI, but the story does not go in this direction. Instead, the team decides to create a giant tree to house the AI in, which they then put a metal tiger head inside of. Without the added context of knowing about the tie between the Mimic and the white tiger, which you don’t know at this point in the series, this is just so illogical. Additionally, Edwin doesn’t realize that the AI is running his Mimic program until he gets into the system, despite having seen the tiger head and knowing that the system is the same as the Mimic. It functions very poorly as a standalone story without the added information about Edwin and the Mimic, but it also does not make sense on its own. Mr. Burrows sees that Edwin is sneaking into the Storyteller tree and wants to catch him in the act. He then proceeds to trap Edwin inside the tree and leave him there for multiple days. How is this catching him in the act? It’s all so obviously a set-up for Mr. Burrows to be trapped in the tree with Edwin and the Mimic to have that imagery at the end, but the decisions made leading to that point defy logic. Also, why does the Storyteller change the animatronic’s personalities? I thought it was supposed to be coming up with stories?

Bobbiedots, Part 2 did not exceed the expectations the first installment set for me. It definitely isn’t a strong enough story to warrant being the titular one of this set, nor to be the first multi-part story of this series. Abe’s decision to continue returning to the apartment that’s trying to kill him is still idiotic and inconceivable. The reasoning for the Bobbiedots wanting to kill Abe is also stupid and unoriginal. Abe not getting in trouble for flooding the apartment that he snuck into is also illogical, as is Abe and Sasha deciding to stay in the apartment after everything.

The continuous story at the end is very gorey as the teens continue to get picked off by the Mimic. This was probably the worst of the Tales of the Pizzaplex books so far. None of the stories had a single redeeming quality in them. At least I’m past halfway done with the series now!

[Chickenman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scott Cawthoon the bobbiedots story is a mystery filled adventure to get your mind working and wonder. There are 3 stories within the book GGY, The storyteller, and The Bobbiedots.

GGY is based on a kid named Tony who absolutely loves a good mystery and realistic stories so he has to write a story for a class that's is fiction until he comes across the scoreboard of majority of the games inside the pizzaplex arcade noticing that the top scores tended to be all GGY he tried to figure out who this person was and make a story off of that knowledge. The storyteller is about a man named Edwin who works for the pizzaplex and the company wants a new attraction to the place so they come up with the storyteller a animatronic that would tell stories to the guests however it would come at a cost of all staff who were in charge of making stories already getting fired. Mr Burrows, the man who started the whole idea and its progress, didn't care about Edwin and his opinions on the project and continued without a care until he eventually would see the faults of his idea when put into reality. The bobbiedots was about a guy named Abe who also worked for the pizzaplex that had a apartment building and there was one room no one could use yet Abe snuck in and lived there anyway because there was dangerous bots within the room and also bots that would help Abe when he was home in the apartment but things don't go as planned once he meets a woman named Sasha who makes him really want to understand these dangerous bots within his apartment.

Scott Cawthoon pushes his creativity throughout the 3 stories making some new kind of threat or trouble that you either couldn't expect or understand making it that much more Mysterious and scary. That factor wasn't all that there comparing the bobbiedots story to GGY and the storyteller. The Bobbiedots carries that on edge factor and captures the tense feeling of fear and paranoia in his characters that he keeps in his series like fazbear frights and it lasts throughout A great amount of the story making you just Want to read more and stay engaged with the story.

Tales from the pizzaplex the bobbiedots is a bit more holding of the dramatic and mysterious cliffhanger endings that Scott Cawthon has often done Many times before showing his creativity to leave readers with questions that stick in your mind everytime you think of the book again Scott Cawthon also showed his great ability with showing fear within a character by use of their physical appearances as well as the way he describes their movements or even just the pain they are in when they get hurt.

The storyteller and GGY leave less questions left to really go through your mind. They Were ok stories and the bobbiedots definitely brought the book to the perfect end.

[Mia Wolfe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gave this book a three star rating because it was both very exciting and slightly disappointing. Now don't get me wrong, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE BOOKS!!! This book, however, gives three stories, one of which is a conclusion of the last story with the Bobbiedots. This book had several good parts, but I think I'll stick with story three for this review; the Bobbiedots. I think my favorite quote was, "I was afraid you'd think I'm crazy." (171) This is kind of funny to me because I totally get it when I make new friends and tell them some cool things that have happened to me such as paranormal experiences and whatnot.

I'll now give a summary (ofc no spoilers for those who want to read but don't want the ending out in the open). The first chapter is called "GGY," which refers to a kid who calls himself that in an arcade when scoring very very high scores on the machines which are suspected to be hacking, but Tony, the main character of GGY, isn't so sure. Tony likes to write non-fiction articles and likes to solve puzzles, but he's not so sure how to do that one, and he then goes searching for answers. The next story, called "The Storyteller," is about an old man named Edwin Murray around his 60s-70s who works as staff for the Pizzaplex. Recently, the new guy that had taken the head chair of the room named Mr. Burrows, wants to build a storyteller attraction that can, you guessed it, tell stories. He's not too fond of Edwin and honestly finds him quite annoying, and Edwin thinks the same about him. Edwin doesn't really want the tree to be built, saying it will take up too much space, but Mr. Burrows ignores him. He wants the program to be built into a tree, and asks for suggestions. After several things like "oak" and "spruce" Edwin points out that they could do a boabab tree (a very fat tree with the branches at the top). Mr. Burrows reluctantly agrees with it. Now I won't spoil the last story since it's a carry on of the first story, but it basically tells about the same characters called Bobbiedots (hologram AI assistant robots) and how they affect his new life in the pizzaplex tower.

Other books I'd check out are the other "Tales from the Pizzaplex" stories by Scott Cawthon and Andrea Waggener or "Fazbear Frights" stories. Similar to the series would also be "The Twisted Ones", "Silver Eyes", and "The Fourth Closet".

[Maxine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume was very middle of the road to me. It's not bad by any means, but it doesn't stand out from the series either. If I were to rank it, I'd say it's about on par with Volume 3.

- "GGY" gets a 3 star rating from me. It's enjoyable, and I appreciate what it's trying to do, but, at the same time, so little actually *happens* in the story. The story also has a bad habit of forcing the reader to ask questions that the story itself isn't willing to answer, and it ultimately feels pointless. The story is good for the theorist section of the fanbase, but it doesn't really hold up as a casual entertainment piece -- I mean, if the main character sets out to solve a mystery but then never actually solves it, then what was even the point?

- "The Storyteller" gets a 4 star rating from me. The concept and characters were engaging, and I get the feeling we'll be seeing them again in later installments. This story also provides context for some of what we're seeing play out in the epilogue story, so that was interesting. But mostly I just loved the mental image of the baobab tree! I wish we saw it in the games. (A note to anyone who wants to listen to the audiobook: the narrator didn't know how to pronounced "baobab," she switches between at least three different mispronunciations of it. It's, ah... it's not great.)

- "Bobbiedots, Pt 2" gets a 4 star rating from me. I think this one wrapped up very nicely, and complimented the first part very well. I loved the characters, both humans and robots alike (Bobbiedot girlies, my beloved!), and I'd like to see more of them in the future if possible. But the story has a very "robots good, AI bad" slant to it, and I wish that was expanded on properly. I wish we'd gotten to see the robotic Bobbiedots actually doing good, instead of just being *told* that they're good. And I wish we'd gotten to see the AI Bobbiedots actually being evil, instead of just being *told* they're evil and then seeing them suddenly act out. I just wish there was more *showing* than *telling* in these books.

I also like that it's one of the Bobbiedots being featured on the cover. I think that's a great choice of characters to use in the cover art!

And the epilogue was fine. It doesn't really do much to further the story, but it's not really filler either. It does what it's supposed to do, and I don't expect much more than that, so it's fine.

[Rae Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

The arcade games at the Pizzaplex all have ridiculous, almost impossible, high scores-all with the same initials: GGY. A man with a broken past starts to see terrifying red flags with the company's new Storyteller Tree project, and will stop at nothing to break into the hidden areas to prove that things are just as nefarious as he believes. The Bobbiedots storyline comes to its...conclusion? Or does it?

I cannot believe that I am rating a Five Nights at Freddy's book as a five star read. I genuinely can't. But there was NO WAY this book was getting any lower of a rating for me. I have read every SINGLE other available book in the Fazbear Frights series and in the Tales from the Pizzaplex series. Every single one. And NONE have stopped me in my tracks the way this one did.

The Fazbear Frights series were fun little scares with fun little Easter egg nods to the games and other books. This Pizzaplex series has gotten less and less subtle about the lore, to be sure, but this one. This particular book was such a slap in the face and such a CONFIRMATION of so much lore that the fans and that theorists have been speculating about for literal years. This was such a triumph, so scary, so well-written, and such a gorgeous "ding ding ding" of speculated lore that I was shouting every other page with revelations. This is what the book series has been trying to do since its conception.

This was top shelf lore and I loved every single second of it. I can't wait to get my hands on "Nexie."

[Yohans Dark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitivamente aqui si que tiene buen ritmo la saga.

Las 3 historias mejoran bastante, aunque alguna aun está inconclusa (como es el caso de GGY).

The bobbiedots es el mejor relato de los 3, al igual que en el libro anterior (submechanophobia). Me han encantado los personajes, muy diferentes a los anteriores y, por supuesto, con tramas mas completas. Abe es uno de esos protagonistas que quieres que se salven, y eso es mucho decir en este tipo de libros.
Me olía un poco ese desenlace, pero disfruté bastante leyendolo. 10/10 para loa Bobbiedots.

Como he dicho, GGY flojea ya que el final es abrupto y, aun así, me ha mantenido en vilo tratando de adelantarme a la trama. Trata de la busqueda de una verdad y pensaba que se acercaría un poco más a los juegos pero no...

El segundo relato se acerca bastante a un clasico fright. Es más, me recordó a uno de los ultimos relatos en Prankster (que me gustó bastante) asi que... Muy contenta con esta historia, pero no alcanza aun la esencia que deben tener estos libros.

En resumen: no es perfecto, no se acerca a los frights, que dejaron el listón demasiado alto para pizzaflex, pero es más disfrutable. Ahora solo les falta añadir ese toque que le falta al epilogo, que se me está haciendo repetitivo.

[Summer Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fnaf Tales from the Pizzaplex #5 the bobbiedots conclusion : 8/10

- story 1 (GGY): 7/10
- the actual story was really good for it only being 70 pages. Got a lot of information out, but it was kinda slow. I mean the story didn’t really pick up until halfway through, and even then, I was thinking about how they were gonna finish the story so soon. The ending was good, and it really wasn’t what you’re expecting (kinda), but it just felt like a let down. The ending (though good) felt like it could have been a lot better

- story 2 (The Storyteller): 7/10
- the story was good, and the plot was good, but I feel as if readers don’t get enough context. I felt like it was a part two as well, and it was also low key boring. It was hard to continue reading this part of the book, but the potential was there. Overall, it was just a very mid story

-Story 3 (Bobbiedots, Part 2): 10/10
- was honestly such a good story. I am not that fond of having to buy a whole new book for the second half, but it was kinda worth it. The story picked up swiftly, while still giving a recap of what happened in the first part. I also wasn’t expecting any kind of romance plot, but the authors played that out well. The twist was expected but good, and the ending was also phenomenal

[J.D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

GGY

Tony has always love solving mysteries. So when a new player with the initials GGY seems to be getting impossible scores on the arcade games, hes determined to find out who the mysterious player is.

I wasn't a big fan of this short as there was barely any action and nothing scary about it. Also the ending left the story feeling unfinished.

The Storyteller

The head of Fazbear Entertainment is determined to replace the company's writing team with a storytelling AI.
Edwin, however, can't help but think of all the things that could go wrong.

Another slower paced story with not much action or scare factor. I did however like the ending to this one, but it just wasn't up to par with the better stories in the series.

The Bobbiedots Conclusion

Abe is still secretly in his new Fazbear apartment. But it's getting harder to stay alive with the apartments assistants causing so many fatal accidents.

This story was the most interesting of the group but still not the best in the series overall.

[Alexandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

ggy: this story was an OBVIOUS parallel to the games and anyone who disagrees just can't get over the fact that the book and game lores are intertwined. the counselors dying, GGY (obviously meaning gregory) being the high scores of every single game????? this story was really good and interesting, i enjoyed it a lot!

the storyteller: i have yet to read tiger rock but i am guessing this story is a hint to that considering the different colour eyes on a tiger were mentioned?? also wtf the mimic is mentioned too???? i assume this edwin is the same one i have been hearing about from watching fnaf lore videos and this got me so hyped

bobbiedots conclusion: honestly, this bobbiedots story was REALLY good. the twist was expected but also not???? i enjoyed the two part story a lot and i hope to see more of this in the series

extra story: ADRIAN NOOOOO. i suppose its deserved since he doesn't like lucia but like still its so sad. this story is really coming together well i am really enjoying it.

[Ryker Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

I Think that The Tales of The Pizzaplex #5 Bobbiedots: Conclusion is a good book that never fails to deliver an eerie vibe to it. If you are a Five Nights at Freddy’s fan, this book is a great choice for you. Written by the one and only Scott Cawthon, the father of a great horror franchise and a decade-old fandom. Each book within the Tales of The Pizzaplex series contained 3 stories, with a bonus story included at the end at times. This book contains the usual 3 stories, except one of them is a sequel to one of the previous stories and is the main highlight of the book. This story contains a pizza place employee that works for the Mega Pizza Plex by Fazbear Entertainment, who gained access to an apartment that was off limits to the other employees. This apartment was different from the others, containing electronic features, and the main character, Abe, tries to find information about this mysterious apartment and why it is being hidden. I think this is a great book for those who enjoy realistic fiction and horror genres.

[Auris Better · Rating 2 out of 5]

Im making this short

1st story:
Is this another cliffhanger? Does GGY stand for GreGorY? I want answers dammit. The story was boring to be frank nothing much.

2st story:
Does mimic1 have something to do with glitchtrap? Probably. But this one was also boring and the ending was just "oh no im stuck in place without air" an ending used like a million times in the fazbear frights and tales. I was quite literally falling asleep while reading this.

3st story:
Honestly this story is the only reason why I gave 2 stars and not 1. The story had an actuel ending, we also got to learn far more about the main lead. (As if the story is overall twice as long as the others).

Moral of the story:
Scott is good at writing longer storys proved by the silver eyes trilogy and isnt as good with short storys.

[Luke · Rating 2 out of 5]

Can you reach me?

GGY - What a non-ending this story had. I understand the implication of his friend being the hacker at the end, but there's so much more about the mystery that was left unexplained. It's an unsatisfying story. Intentionally unfinished? Not for me.

The Storyteller - I liked the tree idea. Wish the story was more inspired. Also had some weirdly missing information. Like, the alluded tragedy or what will happen with the current animatronics? Maybe The Storyteller wrote this story.

Bobbiedots, Part 2 - Loved this story! A great part 2 to a great part 1. The addition of romance was fantastic, and the Bobbiedots themselves were to die for. The plot reveals were cool af. Bobbiedots, as a collective story, is one if the best pizzaplex tales.

That last story really came in clutch.

[haley ⊹ · Rating 3 out of 5]

hey... these were actually all enjoyable

GGY: this was the reason I started to read these books in the first place!! I was so geeked to finally get to this story. I really liked it, but I'm definitely biased because the LORE! the implications!! Gregory lore Gregory lore Gregory lore!!!

The Storyteller: another one I liked a lot, probably with slight bias BECAUSE THE LOOOOORE. THE MIMIIIIIC‼️ again, this is what I've been wanting the WHOLE TIME. also Fazbear Entertainment needs me working in their archives bc wtf was that organization strategy

Bobbiedots Pt. 2: even though I anticipated the sequel, I didn't love it as much as I thought I would. it wasn't awful, but it didn't really do much for me. I'm not sure how I feel about the ending.

[Mamit Mamit · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first story was definitely the worst but was still good. The mystery wasn’t really a mystery since I knew who it was from the start. But the second story is where the book starts to get really good in my opinion because Edwin is such a good character and you really feel for him and his motivation. And when he dies it actually made me a bit sad. And the last story is definitely the best. I love Abe and Sasha’s relationship and I really love how she developed across the book. The reason this book is so good is because the bobbiedots wasn’t this one off story it was almost a full book and it gave more room for you to actually care for the characters.

[Wil Moody · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is probably my least favorite book in the series. The first story had zero twists, gore or creep factor. The second was basic and the background was never explained, the best part was reading business man die in his own mistakes. The final story is the only reason this book might be worth reading, finishing bobbiedots by making the gen 2s the bad guys was good but fairly obvious ending it would have been a better horror story had the gen 1s helped destroy the gen2s then killed the humans and had the apartment to themselves. Altogether these were not great and I don’t recommend reading it. Unless u want to keep reading the continuing storyline in the back of each book.

[Alexander Draganov · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the past I have been bitching about Andrea's writing, but in this anthology she showed her true level, very high, respect! All three main stories are fantastic and even the epologue was very good, the death in it hit hard. The Bobbiedots is the best Pizzaplex story by far and one of the best FnaF stories overall.
You can read detailed review in Bulgarian here:
https://citadelata.com/the-bobbiedots...

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The last two stories (The Storyteller, Bobbiedots Conclusion) were amazing and I read by them very quickly. The mystery and the twists they had were so cool. However, GGY took time for me to read because personally I felt as the beginning was very slow paced and wasn’t very interesting, so It was hard to get through.

[Callie LaBelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall: 4/5
Characters: 4/5
Plotline: 4/5
Writing: 4/5

Themes: 4/5
Enjoyment Factor: 4/5

Audiobook: 4.5/5
Review: Finally, the train of nonsense gore has ended. This felt like a genuine FNAF short story, and each had a fun and unique connection to the games. I was creeped out by all the stories, and so far, this is my favorite in the Tales of the Pizzaplex series.

[Krista · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of the most interesting stories so far having to do directly with the Pizzaplex universe and it's lore. Also enjoyed part 2 of the bobbiedots; felt very complete, unlike some other stories in the past books.

[Jimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tighter writing. Cleaner endings

This was a pleasant read. Loved the loose thematic ties to the games and some direct confirmations as well. Characters felt so real in the last story. And I'm happy we had some resolutions as well