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.
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2.5/5
Lackluster and disappointing.
Being a fan of horror for all age groups, I came in expecting a lot given the reputation of this franchise. This was probably my most disappointing read for the year so far.
Overall I felt this book had the bones for a good story, but the execution was way off.
From the blurb this book sounded great. A group of teens come back to their childhood town to pay respects to a friend of theirs that was kidnapped years ago. But when they start to tell stories of the past, it turns into a quest for answers. What lies in the dark remnants of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza where their friend was taken?
What killed this book the most for me was the writing, pacing, and plot.
The writing needed to be tightened up in my opinion. Many passages go over too many details without really providing the reader anything of substance. For instance, if you’re having a dialogue between characters, inserting way too many long action tags in between each sentence really takes the reader out of the story. Also, in spots the writing felt a bit long-winded. I think if this book was cut by maybe 10-15% it would’ve flowed much better and been easier to read.
The pacing was way too slow for my liking. I’d say about three-quarters of the book dragged, and I started to skim in places. The beginning was alright, but up until the halfway point not much happens. The last fifteen percent of the book does get a little bit better, but not nearly enough to justify everything that led up to it.
The plot was promising at the start, but there’s some serious redundancy in this book. Several locations are visited time and time again for more answers and each time the kids find out more somehow. They literally visited Fazbear’s Pizza three separate times throughout. Three times! The main character also visits her old house twice and some other abandoned place too. See what I mean? There’s too much of the same thing with the same setup. Abandoned places are pretty much all we get to see, and they’re all pretty similar. It got boring quickly.
The characters were alright. Nothing special if you ask me, but acceptable. What would’ve made them great is more depth. We got to know a ton about their past, but nearly nothing of their current selves and what has helped them cope over the years. Without that they didn’t jump off the page for me.
All this being said, I can’t recommend this book and won’t be continuing the series, but I’m glad I got the chance to give it a try from my library.
i love this book sooooooo much because its fnaf and everything it has to offer! a thumbs up for me scott this really hepls with my theroys i have and putting together the timeline, plus the fact that we get to know more thn surviving like how afton died and that there are 4 charlies, this book is my favorite i reccomend it to people who love mystrys, horror, and so much more!
I’m a huge fan of fnaf and this book looks amazing!But I’m a kid and I don’t have money to buy this.