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Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights #7
The Cliffs: An AFK Book
Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...
Some things must be learned the hard way . . . Reed sees an opportunity to teach the school bully not to mess with him, but ends up mangling the lesson. Robert, an exhausted single father, gets a crash course in parenting when he buys a fancy new teddy bear to watch and entertain his young son. Chris, eager to join the Science Club at school, agrees to undergo a grisly experiment to be accepted. But in the malevolent universe of Five Nights at Freddy's, there's always an education in pain.
In this seventh volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length stories from different corners of his series' canon, featuring cover art from fanfavorite artist LadyFiszi.
Readers This collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the most hardenedFive Nights at Freddy's fans.
Some things must be learned the hard way . . . Reed sees an opportunity to teach the school bully not to mess with him, but ends up mangling the lesson. Robert, an exhausted single father, gets a crash course in parenting when he buys a fancy new teddy bear to watch and entertain his young son. Chris, eager to join the Science Club at school, agrees to undergo a grisly experiment to be accepted. But in the malevolent universe of Five Nights at Freddy's, there's always an education in pain.
In this seventh volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length stories from different corners of his series' canon, featuring cover art from fanfavorite artist LadyFiszi.
Readers This collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the most hardenedFive Nights at Freddy's fans.
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Published March 2, 2021
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June 12, 2021
So far the weakest of these books. The first story, The Cliffs had some cute moments but the scary part wasn't really that scary, specially because the paranormal aspect didn't really play an active role in this story, it was mostly the struggle of a single parent with a missing child. The Breaking Wheel didn't really have much logic going for it, I know some paranormal aspects can't be explained, but it felt weird how the scary moments happened just because, the technology wasn't that much explained and it just relied on the reader just not questioning stuff for more than 5 seconds. He Told Me Everything was a nice story, and a huge contrast to the previous one, the paranormal elements weren't explained but they didn't have to (unlike the previous story which tried to throw some technical mumbo jumbo in hopes it would somehow explain everything, when it didn't), they went again with the "kid unhappy with his social status" trope they have done a couple of times before, but in the end, it had such a great twist which made it worth it.
As for the epilogue, I feel this one has been the longest one and probably hurt the quality of the other stories since they probably had to be shortened to fit the whole book. This one felt like a such a mess that it will probably require a second reading to get what happened.
As for the epilogue, I feel this one has been the longest one and probably hurt the quality of the other stories since they probably had to be shortened to fit the whole book. This one felt like a such a mess that it will probably require a second reading to get what happened.
January 7, 2025
this truly wasn't the best of the fazbear frights books...it felt flat and boring, the only story standing out being "the breaking wheel", and even so, it didn't feel like a fazbear frights story at all (there wasn't even a mention of fnaf or anything fnaf related like the other stories in the series). the final story wasn't all that good either up until the very end, and also felt like it wasn't a fazbear frights story (even tho it did mention fnaf). pretty disappointed in this one ngl
March 8, 2021
The first story in this collection, "The Cliffs", had quite a predictable plot twist but still I really enjoyed it, though it was nothing exceptional among other Fazbear Frights stories. "The Breaking Wheel" plays with the concept of guilt – which quite a popular trope in the latest volumes of this series – but it had some really nice plot devices in the second part in order to create some satisfying parallels. "He Told Me Everything" had a really slow start but once it got into the meat of the story (pardon the pun, those who've already read this one), it ventured into new levels of body horror for this series. It was an unexpected development but I have to admit it gave me the creeps in the good way I expect from the weirder Fazbear Frights stories. Then there was the epilogue – longer than in the previous volumes and much more substantial as well, lots of action and some big reveals in this one.
March 4, 2021
4.5/5
I really liked this book! All stories were shorter than usual but they manage to flesh out very real and complex characters. The main theme of this book seems to be relationships but also personal growth/change.
First story dealt with sadness and grief. The most scary thing about this story was how easy it is to give in to grief and cut oneself from other people. The plot twist was kind of obvious but it was interesting to see that the choice at the end had to be made by the main character. Very often in Fnaf stories characters are made to do something or their choice doesn't really influence their inevitable fate. There are only few stories were the characters can actually change their lives so it was nice to see it here as well.
Second story evoked the feelings of dread and it was done very well, my fav from this book. I loved all the characters, they are such good and interesting kids! Seriously I would read more stories with this bunch. The plot was simple but it worked so well! Also I loved the parallel with the miniature house it was executed on point and oh my god the ending!!! You may expect a thing or two but it was way worse, so much worse! Also hello fellow Detroit fans who saw Reed and androids and were immediately remind of the game.
Third story was truly bizarre in the best Fnaf way. The beginning was a bit longish but the ending is so weird and leaves you with so many questions, it was great. I am really curious whether we will get continuation of this or at least a bit of it explained somewhere else.
The epilogue! It's hard to even say anything without spoiling the story but oh my god I am looking so forward to the next book and possible continuation of this plot. It seems like we will get introduced to the new evil and I'm so on board with that!
I really liked this book! All stories were shorter than usual but they manage to flesh out very real and complex characters. The main theme of this book seems to be relationships but also personal growth/change.
First story dealt with sadness and grief. The most scary thing about this story was how easy it is to give in to grief and cut oneself from other people. The plot twist was kind of obvious but it was interesting to see that the choice at the end had to be made by the main character. Very often in Fnaf stories characters are made to do something or their choice doesn't really influence their inevitable fate. There are only few stories were the characters can actually change their lives so it was nice to see it here as well.
Second story evoked the feelings of dread and it was done very well, my fav from this book. I loved all the characters, they are such good and interesting kids! Seriously I would read more stories with this bunch. The plot was simple but it worked so well! Also I loved the parallel with the miniature house it was executed on point and oh my god the ending!!! You may expect a thing or two but it was way worse, so much worse! Also hello fellow Detroit fans who saw Reed and androids and were immediately remind of the game.
Third story was truly bizarre in the best Fnaf way. The beginning was a bit longish but the ending is so weird and leaves you with so many questions, it was great. I am really curious whether we will get continuation of this or at least a bit of it explained somewhere else.
The epilogue! It's hard to even say anything without spoiling the story but oh my god I am looking so forward to the next book and possible continuation of this plot. It seems like we will get introduced to the new evil and I'm so on board with that!
March 3, 2021
This was probably the weirdest book so far in the Fazbear Frights stories. Without spoiling anything, just know that it goes from depressing to dread to confusion, so basically what we have all gotten used to with Five Nights at Freddy's! That isn't to say that this book was not good, in fact it was actually pretty great!
Though not being able to be fully developed due to the short size of each story, each character still felt real, something that greatly improved the fear in each of the stories. The writing as well is not something to be ignored; in the first story the sadness within felt so real, in the second story there was the feeling of dread that has been so present in the series, and in the third story (as odd as it might have been) everything was realized in a way that left me thinking that the concept made sense in it's own bizarre way. Even though Five Night's at Freddy's has come to be known as a series about murders at an old pizzeria each story presented in the Fazbear Frights series has felt completely original, and thankfully that trend continues even after 21 stories!
Overall, this book was not the best in the series, but it still has many qualities to it that help it feel like it's own unique book among the six other books in this growing book series. The Cliffs was a good book that I really enjoyed and would recommend it to any fan of the Five Nights at Freddy's series!
Though not being able to be fully developed due to the short size of each story, each character still felt real, something that greatly improved the fear in each of the stories. The writing as well is not something to be ignored; in the first story the sadness within felt so real, in the second story there was the feeling of dread that has been so present in the series, and in the third story (as odd as it might have been) everything was realized in a way that left me thinking that the concept made sense in it's own bizarre way. Even though Five Night's at Freddy's has come to be known as a series about murders at an old pizzeria each story presented in the Fazbear Frights series has felt completely original, and thankfully that trend continues even after 21 stories!
Overall, this book was not the best in the series, but it still has many qualities to it that help it feel like it's own unique book among the six other books in this growing book series. The Cliffs was a good book that I really enjoyed and would recommend it to any fan of the Five Nights at Freddy's series!
January 1, 2024
UH, THE BREAKING WHEEL STORY?? WTF WAS THAT?!
Ending 2023 with a bang, I suppose. Should /not/ have read that so late at night. Not a lot disturbs me, but The Breaking Wheel did.
Ending 2023 with a bang, I suppose. Should /not/ have read that so late at night. Not a lot disturbs me, but The Breaking Wheel did.
April 24, 2024
*The Cliffs* 4,8
I loved this story, so well written, you really want to keep reading. You feel remorse for Robert, the way he lost Anna (and Tyler). I must say my thoughts when the Freddy toy said "Go to the cliffs" didn't went to 'oh, well, you should jump off of those' and just to 'look there, he probably is there and he's just trying to tell you!'. So Freddy was actually sweet and knew where the kid went. I love that he dissappears at the end and that Robert finds his son. Overall, heartbreaking BUT also a heartwarming story.
*The Breaking Wheel* 2,7
This story was great, it was, but I'm not sure where to put it on my like-dislike ratio. The way Reed locked Julius in his own creation and trying to justify it, I was convinced that he did the right this to lock him up for a few hours (he was supposed to go back before going home). Not thinking of the remote that controls both Julius's and Pickle's creation. It was a real good plotline and when the 'Aha. That's where the little robot went. It was inside the miniature house, behind the mini-miniaturehouse.' lines came, I knew exactly where it was going. The whole chasing scene was also really intense and the ending, that he couldn't scream like he would've... very gruesome.
*He Told Me Everything* 3,2
Also don't know where I stand with this story. Chris himself was not really likeable, because he wanted to abanden them even though they were such good friends to him. I get all the actions, like, for which class do you need to pull your own TEETH. The thought made me so uncomfortable, and actually the whole story made me a bit uncomfortable. And the other actions, asking for more money fitted his character because he just wanted to fit in, and don't we all.
I loved this story, so well written, you really want to keep reading. You feel remorse for Robert, the way he lost Anna (and Tyler). I must say my thoughts when the Freddy toy said "Go to the cliffs" didn't went to 'oh, well, you should jump off of those' and just to 'look there, he probably is there and he's just trying to tell you!'. So Freddy was actually sweet and knew where the kid went. I love that he dissappears at the end and that Robert finds his son. Overall, heartbreaking BUT also a heartwarming story.
*The Breaking Wheel* 2,7
This story was great, it was, but I'm not sure where to put it on my like-dislike ratio. The way Reed locked Julius in his own creation and trying to justify it, I was convinced that he did the right this to lock him up for a few hours (he was supposed to go back before going home). Not thinking of the remote that controls both Julius's and Pickle's creation. It was a real good plotline and when the 'Aha. That's where the little robot went. It was inside the miniature house, behind the mini-miniaturehouse.' lines came, I knew exactly where it was going. The whole chasing scene was also really intense and the ending, that he couldn't scream like he would've... very gruesome.
*He Told Me Everything* 3,2
Also don't know where I stand with this story. Chris himself was not really likeable, because he wanted to abanden them even though they were such good friends to him. I get all the actions, like, for which class do you need to pull your own TEETH. The thought made me so uncomfortable, and actually the whole story made me a bit uncomfortable. And the other actions, asking for more money fitted his character because he just wanted to fit in, and don't we all.
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July 9, 2025
Ta seria jest tak frustrująca, że to szok. Problemy są właściwie takie same co w poprzednich częściach. Przede wszystkim powtarzające się motywy m.in. winy i dziecka pochodzącego z uboższej rodziny. Jestem pewna, że taki schemat miał miejsce w trzech innych historiach, jak nie w większej ich ilości.
Pierwsza historia była do przewidzenia, ale zdecydowanie była najlepsza. Prosta historia z drobnostką rzeczywiście nawiązująca do fnaf'a. Nie była przekombinowana i rzeczywiście dobrze się ja czytało.
Nie mam pojęcia co stało się w drugiej historii. Nie mam pojęcia czy oryginał był tak chaotyczny czy to wina tłumaczenia, ale zupełnie się zgubiłam. Juz na prawdę nie wiem co rzeczywiście się pod koniec wydarzyło - nic nie zrozumiałam.
Trzecia historia była zupełnie odjechana w złym sensie. Zupełnie odeszła od typowego dla fnaf'a opętania. Ba nie miała z fnaf'em nic wspólnego oprócz kilku nazw i poszła w jakimś pojebanym kierunku sci-fi. To jest coś co zaczęłam zauważać w późniejszych historiach - że zaczęliśmy zjeżdżać na tory zupełnie innej fikcji. Co szczerze mi się nie podoba i mam nadzieję, że następne części (o ile po nie sięgnę) nie pójdą dalej w tym kierunku.
Pierwsza historia była do przewidzenia, ale zdecydowanie była najlepsza. Prosta historia z drobnostką rzeczywiście nawiązująca do fnaf'a. Nie była przekombinowana i rzeczywiście dobrze się ja czytało.
Nie mam pojęcia co stało się w drugiej historii. Nie mam pojęcia czy oryginał był tak chaotyczny czy to wina tłumaczenia, ale zupełnie się zgubiłam. Juz na prawdę nie wiem co rzeczywiście się pod koniec wydarzyło - nic nie zrozumiałam.
Trzecia historia była zupełnie odjechana w złym sensie. Zupełnie odeszła od typowego dla fnaf'a opętania. Ba nie miała z fnaf'em nic wspólnego oprócz kilku nazw i poszła w jakimś pojebanym kierunku sci-fi. To jest coś co zaczęłam zauważać w późniejszych historiach - że zaczęliśmy zjeżdżać na tory zupełnie innej fikcji. Co szczerze mi się nie podoba i mam nadzieję, że następne części (o ile po nie sięgnę) nie pójdą dalej w tym kierunku.
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September 12, 2021
I honestly thought The Cliffs was going to end with the son being dead either by falling off the cliffs, or by it turning out that the father had gone crazy and that the bear he had been attacking (burning, running over, stabbing) was actually his two year old son. Luckily that did not happen. No idea why people thought that story was "predictable," my mind was going wild with possibilities.
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February 11, 2025
Dios mio, simplemente macabro, las tres historias fueron retorcidas... Me sigue impresionando la cantidad de ideas que tienen estos escritores para poder darle una vuelta al concepto de "animatronicos", además veo que no solamente se están quedando en eso sino que adoptan el uso de otros elementos relacionados como los exoesqueletos, la mecánica, la experimentación etc.
Ambas historias se sintieron tan orgánicas que no hubo ningún problema en leermelas sin parar, sin duda las recomiendo.
Ambas historias se sintieron tan orgánicas que no hubo ningún problema en leermelas sin parar, sin duda las recomiendo.
July 3, 2025
I am Agony…
Me when William Afton comes back for the umpteenth time : 🙀🥳🙌💃🔥💦🚬
Me when William Afton comes back for the umpteenth time : 🙀🥳🙌💃🔥💦🚬
April 15, 2021
The epilogue though, so good!!! I can’t wait for the next one
May 14, 2023
I’ve been trying to get through the whole of Fazbear Frights before the film releases but my god this one was painful.
I enjoyed the first story for what it was up until the kid went missing. What could have been a really intriguing story about a man trying to find his son just turned into frustration. The messages from the stupid Freddy doll were clearly trying to tell the dad to see if his son had gone to the cliffs but the man was too self centered to think of that. IT WASNT TELLING YOU TO COMMIT SELF DESTRUCT IT WAS HELPING YOU FIND YOUR SON!!!!
The second story was just bland and it dragged on for sooooo looooong. I understood the technical concepts and overall thought it was an interesting idea but they did nothing with it. Also, how tf does a high school student have time to craft a perfect replica of her house? I call bs.
The third one also dragged on for way too long. I don’t know why the thing on the kids desk pissed itself, that was wack. I just think that story was more weird than scary. Trust me, it’s not “woah, that’s scarily weird” it was just weird.
I hated that stupid epilogue, I swear I spent three weeks trying to read through it. Action is supposed to be quick and intense but there were whole paragraphs talking about what William Afton looked like. This weird ass rabbit robot is coming at this detective trying to kill him and you’re telling me he knows exactly what parts have been used for his friggin elbow joints and shit? It added nothing, I can use my imagination. Also, I find it weirdly sexist how the book is trying to make Eleanor out to be more evil than William. William has murdered several children for no given reason but sure, the over-sexualized female robot who we have seen deceive and kill one girl is more evil. Just a terrible “girl in red” trope that I hate so much.
Overall this one is trash, made me take a break from reading for two weeks to recollect my brain cells. I had trouble sleeping because I was without a book to help me get to bed. What were they thinking?
I enjoyed the first story for what it was up until the kid went missing. What could have been a really intriguing story about a man trying to find his son just turned into frustration. The messages from the stupid Freddy doll were clearly trying to tell the dad to see if his son had gone to the cliffs but the man was too self centered to think of that. IT WASNT TELLING YOU TO COMMIT SELF DESTRUCT IT WAS HELPING YOU FIND YOUR SON!!!!
The second story was just bland and it dragged on for sooooo looooong. I understood the technical concepts and overall thought it was an interesting idea but they did nothing with it. Also, how tf does a high school student have time to craft a perfect replica of her house? I call bs.
The third one also dragged on for way too long. I don’t know why the thing on the kids desk pissed itself, that was wack. I just think that story was more weird than scary. Trust me, it’s not “woah, that’s scarily weird” it was just weird.
I hated that stupid epilogue, I swear I spent three weeks trying to read through it. Action is supposed to be quick and intense but there were whole paragraphs talking about what William Afton looked like. This weird ass rabbit robot is coming at this detective trying to kill him and you’re telling me he knows exactly what parts have been used for his friggin elbow joints and shit? It added nothing, I can use my imagination. Also, I find it weirdly sexist how the book is trying to make Eleanor out to be more evil than William. William has murdered several children for no given reason but sure, the over-sexualized female robot who we have seen deceive and kill one girl is more evil. Just a terrible “girl in red” trope that I hate so much.
Overall this one is trash, made me take a break from reading for two weeks to recollect my brain cells. I had trouble sleeping because I was without a book to help me get to bed. What were they thinking?
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March 29, 2021
God this one was morbid. The first story was depressing, but predictable. The second did a good job at toying with your emotions, but the ending wasn't that memorable. The final story hit me like a truck. Between the disgustingness of the, well, everything, and the depressing thought that a highschool science teacher unwillingly (I hope) killed his entire class, it almost made me lose my lunch if I had eaten it yet. The sort of "after credits" story was a fun little addition to the Afton Saga, but wasn't enough to get my mind off of the third story.
All in all, it was exactly what I expected from this series, and I'm failing to see how the rest will top this one.
All in all, it was exactly what I expected from this series, and I'm failing to see how the rest will top this one.
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January 3, 2024
Another mixed bag collection. Like the titular story "The Cliffs" was about a dad who lost his child, like literally can't find his toddler, the second story was so lame about a kid who captures his bully with his robot, and then the infamous faz-goo makes it's appearance in story 3 for some grotesque body horror. Yuck.
I don't know who these books are written for though. Like, as an adult I could empathize with the adult in the first story and felt that horror of a parent thinking their child was kidnapped from their backyard. But would a kid? Then the immaturity and silliness of the kids from stories 2 and 3 weren't really directed to adults either...so I'm not sure who the intended audience was for this but overall I liked the stories. Except the second one, it was too goofy for me.
I don't know who these books are written for though. Like, as an adult I could empathize with the adult in the first story and felt that horror of a parent thinking their child was kidnapped from their backyard. But would a kid? Then the immaturity and silliness of the kids from stories 2 and 3 weren't really directed to adults either...so I'm not sure who the intended audience was for this but overall I liked the stories. Except the second one, it was too goofy for me.
March 12, 2021
4.5 out of 5 stars.
I'm not exaggerating when I say this story was WILD.
Story One had me sad and anxious. As soon as the idea of this toy monitoring a child who also happens to live next to a goddamn cliff showed up, I was actually shouting "NO NOT THE BUBBY" at my phone (I listened to the audiobook - the narrator was supremely good).
Story Two has me tense. It genuinely freaked me out thinking, especially when the penny dropped what was happening with a particular miniature robot.
And Story Three... My god story three has opened up a HELL OF A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I won't spoil it because jeez this is a story you need to go into blind. But FUCK.
Also, the ending scene with Jake, the detective and Trash Afton was so entertaining. I want Jake to be okay so badly - like, I know he's already dead but like, give the kid a chance to rest...
I'm not exaggerating when I say this story was WILD.
Story One had me sad and anxious. As soon as the idea of this toy monitoring a child who also happens to live next to a goddamn cliff showed up, I was actually shouting "NO NOT THE BUBBY" at my phone (I listened to the audiobook - the narrator was supremely good).
Story Two has me tense. It genuinely freaked me out thinking, especially when the penny dropped what was happening with a particular miniature robot.
And Story Three... My god story three has opened up a HELL OF A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I won't spoil it because jeez this is a story you need to go into blind. But FUCK.
Also, the ending scene with Jake, the detective and Trash Afton was so entertaining. I want Jake to be okay so badly - like, I know he's already dead but like, give the kid a chance to rest...
July 29, 2021
The stories in this volume were EXTREMELY hard to get through.
And I mean these were emotionally difficult to swallow.
The Cliffs was yet another very sad and crushingly depressing story about a single father who struggles to care for his son after his young wife died during the pregnancy. Unlike The Real Jake (which is the only other depressing story in the series so far), this one does have a happy and hopeful ending, but I was seriously biting my nails from stress at not knowing if I was going to throw the book in frustration.
The Broken Wheel is one of the scariest things I've read in a long time! AND has (in my opinion) the anthology's first good and effective jump scare. Both this story and the last one in this volume, He Told Me Everything, were horrific on the terms of body horror. The Broken Wheel had me wide awake at 2am frozen in bed because I was too scared stomach--the build up of anticipation and the payoff reminded me very much of an old Night Gallery episode. Very good, but horrific as a means for a child to die that way. I had a hard time sleeping after that one.
He Told Me Everything had me sick to my stomach and left me with a lot of questions. It wasn't until I talked it over with my sister afterwards that this story opened up the possibility that the Fazbear company in this world actually may have insidious intentions for possible world domination--but nothing is explained. Terribly disturbing but with a good twist, this one was still worth the read.
And I mean these were emotionally difficult to swallow.
The Cliffs was yet another very sad and crushingly depressing story about a single father who struggles to care for his son after his young wife died during the pregnancy. Unlike The Real Jake (which is the only other depressing story in the series so far), this one does have a happy and hopeful ending, but I was seriously biting my nails from stress at not knowing if I was going to throw the book in frustration.
The Broken Wheel is one of the scariest things I've read in a long time! AND has (in my opinion) the anthology's first good and effective jump scare. Both this story and the last one in this volume, He Told Me Everything, were horrific on the terms of body horror. The Broken Wheel had me wide awake at 2am frozen in bed because I was too scared stomach--the build up of anticipation and the payoff reminded me very much of an old Night Gallery episode. Very good, but horrific as a means for a child to die that way. I had a hard time sleeping after that one.
He Told Me Everything had me sick to my stomach and left me with a lot of questions. It wasn't until I talked it over with my sister afterwards that this story opened up the possibility that the Fazbear company in this world actually may have insidious intentions for possible world domination--but nothing is explained. Terribly disturbing but with a good twist, this one was still worth the read.
February 25, 2022
over all, Five Stars! it was pretty good. although I haven't truly "finished" the book i'm still going to review it because it was really good. really sci-fi too.
I think the best story is "he told me everything" because it was a very, very interesting.
Chris was doing a lock-in to join a science club but there was a twist!
The Faz-goo was connecting and taking vital organs and fluids to create a entire clone,
BUT the real Chris was turned into a husk of his former self.
Once he told the clone what to do the clone says to the science professor "he told me everything",
hence the name.
I think the best story is "he told me everything" because it was a very, very interesting.
Chris was doing a lock-in to join a science club but there was a twist!
The Faz-goo was connecting and taking vital organs and fluids to create a entire clone,
BUT the real Chris was turned into a husk of his former self.
Once he told the clone what to do the clone says to the science professor "he told me everything",
hence the name.
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June 4, 2025
These were very gruesome and unique thought experiments - the latter of which is one of my favorite things in horror. Felt very in line with the old Goosebumps books which is what I really enjoy about these books.
January 6, 2025
3,50 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ (rounded)
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1. the cliffs - 4,5 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
2. the breaking wheel - 2,5 ☆ ☆ ☆
3. he told me everything- 3 ☆ ☆ ☆
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1. the cliffs - 4,5 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
2. the breaking wheel - 2,5 ☆ ☆ ☆
3. he told me everything- 3 ☆ ☆ ☆
April 28, 2025
I absolutely loved this book but towards the end I thought was abit gruesome
August 15, 2025
Incredibly mid. The second story was good maybe a 4 star but the first one was predictable as all hell and sooooo slow to get to an ending you see from a mile away. The last one was just annoying, and again very obvious ending too. I get that the protagonist of the last one isn't supposed to be likeable but like give me some reason to be invested in this fool.
Overall these books seem to get worse with each book but I've come this far so I'ma keep on going 💀
Overall these books seem to get worse with each book but I've come this far so I'ma keep on going 💀
January 25, 2023
This book was pretty good overall, my favourite one was the second story as I found it the most interesting. the final story was quite unique though
July 4, 2023
Takie 3.5/5
November 14, 2024
Review for “The Cliffs”
It’s the seventh volume of the „Fazbear Frights” series written by Scott Cawthon, Elley Cooper and Andrea Waggener. It consists of three novella-length stories and the seventh „Stitchwraith Stingers” epilogue, all taking place in Cawthon’s „Five Nights at Freddy’s” world, which is filled with danger, excitement, suspense, horror, mystery and a little bit of gore.
Each story focuses on how three characters will learn things the hard way: Robert, an exhausted single father gets a crash course in parenting when he buys a fancy new teddy bear to watch and entertain his young son; Reed sees an opportunity to teach the school bully not to mess with him, but ends up mangling the lesson; Chris, eager to join the Science Club at school, agrees to undergo a grisly experiment to be accepted.
Family, love, friendship, determination, hope, acceptance are some of the themes discussed in the novel. Some of the most important lessons we learn from the book are the consequences of bullying, revenge and following high school stereotypes, the hardships of single parenting, how to cope with loss, to accept what you have and be grateful for it, to let things be, things aren’t what they seem, never trust people that ask us to do an initiation test to be accepted in their group etc.
The authors were not afraid to tackle serious issues like grief, death, anxiety, wrong decisions, madness, intrusive thoughts, suicide attempts, loneliness, remorse, pride, selfishness, betrayal, lie etc.
In the first story „The Cliffs”, we face misinterpretation because Robert’s grief, panic attacks and anxiety caused him to mistake Tag-Along Freddy’s suggestion „Why don’t you go to the Cliffs” as an urge to commit suicide. It turns out that the toy really tried to lead him to his son, who wasn’t missing, but got lost after running after a dog. It teaches us to love our family and friends, accept past events that were beyond our control and move on in life.
Chris from „He Told Me Everything” and Sarah from „Be Beautiful” have a few similarities: they both have an obsession that clouds their judgement, they both blindly believe their benefactors will grant their greatest wish, their benefactors reveal their true intentions in the end and they both suffer a gruesome fate at the hands of their benefactors.
Mr. Little’s true intentions are shown throughout the story, especially when he adresses the students as „guinea pigs” (p. 160). Like Eleanor from the second story of the first „Fazbear Frights” book, he tends to hide his persuasive, manipulative, evil self behind an energetic, benevolent, smart mentor that encourages his students to follow their dream to become scientists.
The part when Jake inside Stitchwraith manages to remove the poison from Larson’s body via touching is similar to the scene in the Bible in which Jesus tells one of the lepers, who traveled far and wide to find Him and thank Him for healing him of the dreaded disease that he’s the only one who has been healed both physically and spiritually.
Sophisticated well-rounded readers will appreciate the three writers’ unique style that allows them to see through the characters’ eyes and appreciate the way they described certain issues and stereotypes.
I recommend the book to readers 18+ due to certain scenes being inappropriate for children.
Recenzie – „Stâncile”
Este a șaptea carte din seria “Temerile Fazbear” (Fazbear Frights) scrisă de Scott Cawthon, Elley Cooper și Andrea Waggener. Cuprinde trei nuvele și al șaptelea epilog „Stitchwraith Stingers”, toate desfășurându-se în lumea creată de Cawthon „Five Nights at Freddy’s”, care este plină de pericole, entuziasm, suspans, orori, mistere și puțină violență.
Fiecare poveste se axează pe felul în care trei personaje își vor învăța lecția pe pielea lor: Robert, un tată singur va primi un curs intensiv de creștere și educare a copiilor când îi cumpără fiului său un ursuleț de pluș sofisticat care să-l supravegheze și să-l distreze; Reed găsește o ocazie de a-l învăța pe bătăușul școlii să nu-și mai bată joc de el, dar ajunge să mutileze lecția în cele din urmă; Chris, nerăbdător să se înscrie în Clubul de Știin��ă al școlii, acceptă să îndure un experiment îngrozitor pentru a fi acceptat.
Familia, iubirea, prietenia, hotărârea, speranța, acceptarea sunt câteva din temele discutate de-a lungul romanului. Câteva din lecțiile pe care le învățăm din carte sunt consecințele hărțuirii, răzbunării și a urmăririi stereotipurilor de la liceu, greutățile creșterii și educării copiilor ale unui singur părinte, să facem față pierderii unei persoane dragi, să acceptem și să fim recunoscători pentru ceea ce avem, să lăsăm lucrurile să se desfășoare de la sine, lucrurile nu sunt ceea ce par, niciodată să nu avem încredere în oamenii care ne cer să trecem un test de inițiere pentru a fi acceptați în grupul lor etc.
Scriitorilor nu le-a fost frică să abordeze probleme serioase ca: mâhnirea, moartea, anxietatea, deciziile greșite, nebunia, gândurile intruzive, încercările de sinucidere, singurătatea, remușcarea, mândria, trădarea, minciuna etc.
În prima nuvelă „Stâncile” avem de-a face cu interpretarea greșită pentru că mâhnirea, atacurile de panică și anxietatea îl fac pe Robert să confunde sugestia lui Freddy Se Ține Scai (Tag-Along Freddy) „De ce nu te duci la Stânci” cu un îndemn de a-și lua viața. S-a dovedit în cele din urmă că jucăria a încercat cu adevărat să-l ghideze spre fiul lui, care nu a dispărut ci s-a pierdut după ce a fugit după un câine. Ne învață să ne iubim familia și prietenii, să acceptăm evenimente din trecut pe care nu am putut să le controlăm și să mergem înainte în viață.
Chris din “El mi-a spus totul” și Sarah din “Să fiu frumoasă” au câteva asemănări: amândoi au o obsesie care le întunecă judecata, amândoi cred orbește că binefăcătorii lor le vor îndeplini cea mai arzătoare dorință, binefăcătorii lor le dezvăluie adevăratele intenții în cele din urmă și amândoi suferă o soartă grotească datorită binefăcătorilor lor.
Intențiile adevărate ale domnului Little sunt dezvăluite de-a lungul poveștii, mai ales atunci când li se adresează elevilor “cobai” (p. 160). Asemeni lui Eleanor din cea de-a doua poveste din prima carte din seria “Temerilor Fazbear”, acesta tinde să-și ascundă partea convingătoare, manipulativă și rea în spatele unui mentor energic, binevoitor și inteligent, care-și încurajează elevii să-și urmeze visul de a deveni oameni de știință.
Partea în care Jake dinlăuntrul lui Stitchwraith reușește să extragă otrava din corpul lui Larson prin atingere este similară cu o scena din Biblie în care Iisus îi spune unuia dintre leproșii, care a călătorit în lung și-n lat să-L găsească și să-I mulțumească pentru că l-a vindecat de boala cumplită că s-a vindecat fizic și spiritual.
Cititorii mai experimentați vor aprecia stilul unicat al celor trei scriitori, care le permite să vadă prin ochii personajelor și felul în care aceștia descriu anumite probleme și stereotipuri.
Recomand această carte cititorilor 18+ pentru că există anumite scene nepotrivite pentru copii.
It’s the seventh volume of the „Fazbear Frights” series written by Scott Cawthon, Elley Cooper and Andrea Waggener. It consists of three novella-length stories and the seventh „Stitchwraith Stingers” epilogue, all taking place in Cawthon’s „Five Nights at Freddy’s” world, which is filled with danger, excitement, suspense, horror, mystery and a little bit of gore.
Each story focuses on how three characters will learn things the hard way: Robert, an exhausted single father gets a crash course in parenting when he buys a fancy new teddy bear to watch and entertain his young son; Reed sees an opportunity to teach the school bully not to mess with him, but ends up mangling the lesson; Chris, eager to join the Science Club at school, agrees to undergo a grisly experiment to be accepted.
Family, love, friendship, determination, hope, acceptance are some of the themes discussed in the novel. Some of the most important lessons we learn from the book are the consequences of bullying, revenge and following high school stereotypes, the hardships of single parenting, how to cope with loss, to accept what you have and be grateful for it, to let things be, things aren’t what they seem, never trust people that ask us to do an initiation test to be accepted in their group etc.
The authors were not afraid to tackle serious issues like grief, death, anxiety, wrong decisions, madness, intrusive thoughts, suicide attempts, loneliness, remorse, pride, selfishness, betrayal, lie etc.
In the first story „The Cliffs”, we face misinterpretation because Robert’s grief, panic attacks and anxiety caused him to mistake Tag-Along Freddy’s suggestion „Why don’t you go to the Cliffs” as an urge to commit suicide. It turns out that the toy really tried to lead him to his son, who wasn’t missing, but got lost after running after a dog. It teaches us to love our family and friends, accept past events that were beyond our control and move on in life.
Chris from „He Told Me Everything” and Sarah from „Be Beautiful” have a few similarities: they both have an obsession that clouds their judgement, they both blindly believe their benefactors will grant their greatest wish, their benefactors reveal their true intentions in the end and they both suffer a gruesome fate at the hands of their benefactors.
Mr. Little’s true intentions are shown throughout the story, especially when he adresses the students as „guinea pigs” (p. 160). Like Eleanor from the second story of the first „Fazbear Frights” book, he tends to hide his persuasive, manipulative, evil self behind an energetic, benevolent, smart mentor that encourages his students to follow their dream to become scientists.
The part when Jake inside Stitchwraith manages to remove the poison from Larson’s body via touching is similar to the scene in the Bible in which Jesus tells one of the lepers, who traveled far and wide to find Him and thank Him for healing him of the dreaded disease that he’s the only one who has been healed both physically and spiritually.
Sophisticated well-rounded readers will appreciate the three writers’ unique style that allows them to see through the characters’ eyes and appreciate the way they described certain issues and stereotypes.
I recommend the book to readers 18+ due to certain scenes being inappropriate for children.
Recenzie – „Stâncile”
Este a șaptea carte din seria “Temerile Fazbear” (Fazbear Frights) scrisă de Scott Cawthon, Elley Cooper și Andrea Waggener. Cuprinde trei nuvele și al șaptelea epilog „Stitchwraith Stingers”, toate desfășurându-se în lumea creată de Cawthon „Five Nights at Freddy’s”, care este plină de pericole, entuziasm, suspans, orori, mistere și puțină violență.
Fiecare poveste se axează pe felul în care trei personaje își vor învăța lecția pe pielea lor: Robert, un tată singur va primi un curs intensiv de creștere și educare a copiilor când îi cumpără fiului său un ursuleț de pluș sofisticat care să-l supravegheze și să-l distreze; Reed găsește o ocazie de a-l învăța pe bătăușul școlii să nu-și mai bată joc de el, dar ajunge să mutileze lecția în cele din urmă; Chris, nerăbdător să se înscrie în Clubul de Știin��ă al școlii, acceptă să îndure un experiment îngrozitor pentru a fi acceptat.
Familia, iubirea, prietenia, hotărârea, speranța, acceptarea sunt câteva din temele discutate de-a lungul romanului. Câteva din lecțiile pe care le învățăm din carte sunt consecințele hărțuirii, răzbunării și a urmăririi stereotipurilor de la liceu, greutățile creșterii și educării copiilor ale unui singur părinte, să facem față pierderii unei persoane dragi, să acceptem și să fim recunoscători pentru ceea ce avem, să lăsăm lucrurile să se desfășoare de la sine, lucrurile nu sunt ceea ce par, niciodată să nu avem încredere în oamenii care ne cer să trecem un test de inițiere pentru a fi acceptați în grupul lor etc.
Scriitorilor nu le-a fost frică să abordeze probleme serioase ca: mâhnirea, moartea, anxietatea, deciziile greșite, nebunia, gândurile intruzive, încercările de sinucidere, singurătatea, remușcarea, mândria, trădarea, minciuna etc.
În prima nuvelă „Stâncile” avem de-a face cu interpretarea greșită pentru că mâhnirea, atacurile de panică și anxietatea îl fac pe Robert să confunde sugestia lui Freddy Se Ține Scai (Tag-Along Freddy) „De ce nu te duci la Stânci” cu un îndemn de a-și lua viața. S-a dovedit în cele din urmă că jucăria a încercat cu adevărat să-l ghideze spre fiul lui, care nu a dispărut ci s-a pierdut după ce a fugit după un câine. Ne învață să ne iubim familia și prietenii, să acceptăm evenimente din trecut pe care nu am putut să le controlăm și să mergem înainte în viață.
Chris din “El mi-a spus totul” și Sarah din “Să fiu frumoasă” au câteva asemănări: amândoi au o obsesie care le întunecă judecata, amândoi cred orbește că binefăcătorii lor le vor îndeplini cea mai arzătoare dorință, binefăcătorii lor le dezvăluie adevăratele intenții în cele din urmă și amândoi suferă o soartă grotească datorită binefăcătorilor lor.
Intențiile adevărate ale domnului Little sunt dezvăluite de-a lungul poveștii, mai ales atunci când li se adresează elevilor “cobai” (p. 160). Asemeni lui Eleanor din cea de-a doua poveste din prima carte din seria “Temerilor Fazbear”, acesta tinde să-și ascundă partea convingătoare, manipulativă și rea în spatele unui mentor energic, binevoitor și inteligent, care-și încurajează elevii să-și urmeze visul de a deveni oameni de știință.
Partea în care Jake dinlăuntrul lui Stitchwraith reușește să extragă otrava din corpul lui Larson prin atingere este similară cu o scena din Biblie în care Iisus îi spune unuia dintre leproșii, care a călătorit în lung și-n lat să-L găsească și să-I mulțumească pentru că l-a vindecat de boala cumplită că s-a vindecat fizic și spiritual.
Cititorii mai experimentați vor aprecia stilul unicat al celor trei scriitori, care le permite să vadă prin ochii personajelor și felul în care aceștia descriu anumite probleme și stereotipuri.
Recomand această carte cititorilor 18+ pentru că există anumite scene nepotrivite pentru copii.
July 18, 2022
Really cool book
January 7, 2023
this book made me sick to my stomach— legitimately, i had to take a break when i got through the second story, “the breaking wheel”. but i thought it was fascinating. a lot of fans call for the fnaf universe to incorporate more terrifying content. while we don’t see a lot of this in the games, it is definitely explored in this book. it was gory and legitimately terrifying— but i couldn’t put it down. a fair warning, though: the first two stories definitely contain darker themes than some of the others. the last one, “he told me everything”, was strange, for sure, but i feel like the other stories largely made up for it.
May 19, 2021
The reason it took me so long to read this was because I didn't really find myself invested into the book. The first story was great, but the second and third seemed dragged; like a filler episode in the middle of an action-packed show. The second story didn't have emotion, and it didn't capture my attention at all. The third story improved, but it was still vague and more could have been done. The final part was astounding, and definitely made up for the rest of the book. Overall, this book is definitely one of the weakest parts of the Fazbear Frights series.
January 14, 2024
3.5
Before I started reading this series, I'd heard that it started off really good and then started to drop in quality as it went on, and I think this might be the tipping point.
I mean, don't get me wrong, this book wasn't bad. It was fine, but there's just something about this one that doesn't feel quite as iconic or exciting the previous books.
These books recently, and especially this one, have been feeling more like they're inspired by Five Nights at Freddy's rather than taking place within the actual world of Five Nights at Freddy's, but maybe that's just me.
The Cliffs was a wholesome and sad story. I don't really have too much to say on it, but I am glad that it had a happy ending for Robert and Tyler. I definitely feel like more could have been done with the concept of the Tag-Along Freddy and the horror of the toy could've been built up more.
The Breaking Wheel was definitely my personal favourite of the three stories even though it was kind of just The New Kid again but with less interesting characters and more body horror, but I really like body horror so 🤷♀️
Horror and suspense-wise, this is probably one of the best stories that this series has had in a while. I could really feel the tension and sense of unease as Reed searched the house for Julius, and the situation as a whole was genuinely pretty unsettling. The ending was chilling and made me a little nostalgic for the ambiguous and disquieting endings in some of the stories from the first few books.
Again though, character-wise this story leaves a little to be desired imo. All the characters - Reed, Julius, Shelly, Pickle - are good in concept, but I wish they would've been developed in the narrative a little more.
The detail of Reed coming from a poorer family and not having a mother didn't go anywhere and weren't a shown to be a big part of his motivations as a character, and thus felt unnecessary. When he snapped at Pickle for not being grateful when there are people out there less fortunate than him, it seemed to come out of nowhere, as those kinds of feelings of jelousy of status on Reed's part hadn't been showed at all up until that point. I wish that side of his character had been expanded upon a little more.
I also wish that the narrative had drawn more of a parallel between what happens to Julius with something more directly fnaf related, like Springlock failures or the character The Mangle. This story definitely had fnaf vibes but never actually mentioned Freddy Fazbear or Fazbear Entertainment or anything of the sort.
Still though, I did enjoy The Breaking Wheel.
I gave The Breaking Wheel a pass for rehashing similar story points as The New Kid because it did something new and horrifying with them, but I just can't make the same exceptions for He Told Me Everything.
I'm sorry, but this story was just... Not Great. It really did just feel like a bit of a rip-off of Lonely Freddy, one of my personal favourite stories in the whole series, but with a far less likeable protagonist, side characters I couldn't care about, far less interesting character motivations and a frankly quite silly villain. Faz-Goo? Fucking Faz-Goo? Just based on the name you can tell how ridiculous it is.
Honestly though, I feel like this story did have the potential to be interesting! The building blocks were there, it was just the way that they were arranged that was disappointing.
The concept of this widely respected and fun school science club secretly beeing a disturbing science cult run by a seemingly friendly but very sinister teacher, who indoctrinates students by threating to fail them and intiates them by making them mutilate themselves for the sake of an experiment is a genuinely horrifying concept for a kid's horror story and sounds like something you'd actually see on true crime youtube documentary or something! But instead of leaning into the predatory teacher and grisly science cult angle, they decided to make the conflict of the story about... Faz-Goo... Which basically just does the exact same thing that Lonely Freddy does while being far less compelling, mysterious or unsettling.
I really wished they'd leaned more into the secret cult angle of the Science Club, or that instead of this story at all, that they had just written a sequel or follow-up to Lonely Freddy! As I said before, Lonely Freddy is one of my favourite stories in the whole series, and the villain of the Lonely Freddy animatronic itself is one that I find really mysterious and tragic. I wouldn't mind seeing more of LF, as I feel there's still more stories you could tell with it instead of just introducing an entirely new villain that does exactly the same thing in a less enjoyable setting.
Instead of writing either of those vastly more interesting and frightening stories, though, they wrote a story about something called the Freddy Fazbear Mad Scientist Kit and Faz-Goo.
I'm sorry, I really love this series and I usually try to focus on the positives of these stories, even the more mid-tier ones, but I just did not enjoy He Told Me Everything.
It would have been the perfect for story for something like a Paul Jennings book though! Just not in the context of fnaf or this series.
I was a little disappointed by the previous epilogue, but this one made up for it. Reading it I kept thinking how awesome that whole thing would be as a boss fight in some video game. I miss Andrew's character, but I'm looking forward to seeing wherever else this storyline goes.
Before I started reading this series, I'd heard that it started off really good and then started to drop in quality as it went on, and I think this might be the tipping point.
I mean, don't get me wrong, this book wasn't bad. It was fine, but there's just something about this one that doesn't feel quite as iconic or exciting the previous books.
These books recently, and especially this one, have been feeling more like they're inspired by Five Nights at Freddy's rather than taking place within the actual world of Five Nights at Freddy's, but maybe that's just me.
The Cliffs was a wholesome and sad story. I don't really have too much to say on it, but I am glad that it had a happy ending for Robert and Tyler. I definitely feel like more could have been done with the concept of the Tag-Along Freddy and the horror of the toy could've been built up more.
The Breaking Wheel was definitely my personal favourite of the three stories even though it was kind of just The New Kid again but with less interesting characters and more body horror, but I really like body horror so 🤷♀️
Horror and suspense-wise, this is probably one of the best stories that this series has had in a while. I could really feel the tension and sense of unease as Reed searched the house for Julius, and the situation as a whole was genuinely pretty unsettling. The ending was chilling and made me a little nostalgic for the ambiguous and disquieting endings in some of the stories from the first few books.
Again though, character-wise this story leaves a little to be desired imo. All the characters - Reed, Julius, Shelly, Pickle - are good in concept, but I wish they would've been developed in the narrative a little more.
The detail of Reed coming from a poorer family and not having a mother didn't go anywhere and weren't a shown to be a big part of his motivations as a character, and thus felt unnecessary. When he snapped at Pickle for not being grateful when there are people out there less fortunate than him, it seemed to come out of nowhere, as those kinds of feelings of jelousy of status on Reed's part hadn't been showed at all up until that point. I wish that side of his character had been expanded upon a little more.
I also wish that the narrative had drawn more of a parallel between what happens to Julius with something more directly fnaf related, like Springlock failures or the character The Mangle. This story definitely had fnaf vibes but never actually mentioned Freddy Fazbear or Fazbear Entertainment or anything of the sort.
Still though, I did enjoy The Breaking Wheel.
I gave The Breaking Wheel a pass for rehashing similar story points as The New Kid because it did something new and horrifying with them, but I just can't make the same exceptions for He Told Me Everything.
I'm sorry, but this story was just... Not Great. It really did just feel like a bit of a rip-off of Lonely Freddy, one of my personal favourite stories in the whole series, but with a far less likeable protagonist, side characters I couldn't care about, far less interesting character motivations and a frankly quite silly villain. Faz-Goo? Fucking Faz-Goo? Just based on the name you can tell how ridiculous it is.
Honestly though, I feel like this story did have the potential to be interesting! The building blocks were there, it was just the way that they were arranged that was disappointing.
The concept of this widely respected and fun school science club secretly beeing a disturbing science cult run by a seemingly friendly but very sinister teacher, who indoctrinates students by threating to fail them and intiates them by making them mutilate themselves for the sake of an experiment is a genuinely horrifying concept for a kid's horror story and sounds like something you'd actually see on true crime youtube documentary or something! But instead of leaning into the predatory teacher and grisly science cult angle, they decided to make the conflict of the story about... Faz-Goo... Which basically just does the exact same thing that Lonely Freddy does while being far less compelling, mysterious or unsettling.
I really wished they'd leaned more into the secret cult angle of the Science Club, or that instead of this story at all, that they had just written a sequel or follow-up to Lonely Freddy! As I said before, Lonely Freddy is one of my favourite stories in the whole series, and the villain of the Lonely Freddy animatronic itself is one that I find really mysterious and tragic. I wouldn't mind seeing more of LF, as I feel there's still more stories you could tell with it instead of just introducing an entirely new villain that does exactly the same thing in a less enjoyable setting.
Instead of writing either of those vastly more interesting and frightening stories, though, they wrote a story about something called the Freddy Fazbear Mad Scientist Kit and Faz-Goo.
I'm sorry, I really love this series and I usually try to focus on the positives of these stories, even the more mid-tier ones, but I just did not enjoy He Told Me Everything.
It would have been the perfect for story for something like a Paul Jennings book though! Just not in the context of fnaf or this series.
I was a little disappointed by the previous epilogue, but this one made up for it. Reading it I kept thinking how awesome that whole thing would be as a boss fight in some video game. I miss Andrew's character, but I'm looking forward to seeing wherever else this storyline goes.
July 29, 2022
Larson hadn't had time to examine all of the Afton behemoth when he got up-close-and-personal with Afton's jigsaw-puzzle face, so Larson hadn't noticed then whether the totality of Afton's junk had been part of the mutant stage show he'd glimpsed. But now he could see that every animatronic part crammed into Afton's warped configuration was doing its best to sing and dance. All over Afton, animatronic arms and legs, hands and feet, and fingers and toes were swaying and bopping to the music the mouths were attempting to perform.
Goosebumps erupted on Larson's skin. He covered his ears, then, disgusted with himself for letting the creep-show unnerve him. He groaned, got up on one knee, and then pushed himself into an upright, standing position. He faced Afton.
Although The Cliffs has a couple of the series' greatest stories so far, it unfortunately falls back into the same more average quality that Step Closer did, although still managing to be a small bit better than that book. This is surprisingly almost solely due to one of the stories being an absolute unbelievable failure.
The first story though, The Cliffs, is the most unremarkable of the stories in this book. It focuses on a single father named Robert who struggles to be a passionate parent for his child and finds that a Fazbear-brand toy could assist him well, unknowing of the horrible possibilities. It's not necessarily bad, but it's just quite lackluster and one of the least eventful or impactful Frights in the series. Most of the horror doesn't actually derive from the antagonist itself, but rather Robert's own mentality about the situation he gets into. However, the human characters aren't as interesting to justify the lack of more straight-up horror, as opposed to stories that can get away with that such as Coming Home and The Real Jake. Still, I recall it being rather short, so that is at least a positive. 3/5 stars.
The second story, The Breaking Wheel, was surprisingly fantastic. It's about a lackluster robotic engineering student who plays a spur-of-the-moment prank on a vicious bully, but slowly becomes more distressed as his paranoia formulates a scenario in which the results of the prank have gone terribly wrong without his knowledge. This story has some of the most brutal imagery in the series so far, and manages to play brilliantly into the horror of its implications far before anything directly scary happens. And when it all pays off, it's truly a terrifying spectacle to behold, along with having one of my favourite endings so far. 4.5/5 stars.
The third story, He Told Me Everything, is... exactly as bad as I had heard it to be, possibly worse. It's about a high school freshman who attends a worrying opt-in science club activity in order to fit in among his more respectable peers. This story has a bad wrap in the community, and it absolutely deserves it; it has one of the lowest ratings I've ever given to a piece of media. The protagonist is irritating and disrespectful, and not in a likeable or entertaining way such as prior protagonists like Alec and Devon. The primary subject of the story is not only completely unrelated to any of the themes of Five Nights at Freddy's, but also ridiculously out of place in any context due to its wacky execution. And that execution is, honestly, disgusting. In a very literal sense. This story is unnecessarily gross. It's also honestly offensive to the readers just because of, well, just everything it tries to do. It really has no place in the franchise. What I can give it is that the writing style was actually sort of fun at least, and most of the characters aside from the protagonist were actually quite likeable despite their short screen-time (page-time?). Still, I truly cannot recommend this story to anyone. 1.5/5 stars.
Then we follow that up with the epilogue, which for the first time, is actually the best story in its book! It's also now my third favourite story in the entire series! Despite its relatively short length consistent with other epilogues, it really does feel like a main story due to the intensity and grandiosity of its events. Perhaps too much happens too quickly, but it's still an amazing ride, plus for fans of the primary game series there is a certain character appearance that will make you as shocked and hyped as I was. 4.5/5 stars.
Overall, given how terrible the third story is and how mediocre the first story is, I'm not entirely sure if I can recommend this book... but if you're really passionate, I think it's worth it for The Breaking Wheel and the epilogue. Just please, don't read He Told Me Everything. Please.
Goosebumps erupted on Larson's skin. He covered his ears, then, disgusted with himself for letting the creep-show unnerve him. He groaned, got up on one knee, and then pushed himself into an upright, standing position. He faced Afton.
Although The Cliffs has a couple of the series' greatest stories so far, it unfortunately falls back into the same more average quality that Step Closer did, although still managing to be a small bit better than that book. This is surprisingly almost solely due to one of the stories being an absolute unbelievable failure.
The first story though, The Cliffs, is the most unremarkable of the stories in this book. It focuses on a single father named Robert who struggles to be a passionate parent for his child and finds that a Fazbear-brand toy could assist him well, unknowing of the horrible possibilities. It's not necessarily bad, but it's just quite lackluster and one of the least eventful or impactful Frights in the series. Most of the horror doesn't actually derive from the antagonist itself, but rather Robert's own mentality about the situation he gets into. However, the human characters aren't as interesting to justify the lack of more straight-up horror, as opposed to stories that can get away with that such as Coming Home and The Real Jake. Still, I recall it being rather short, so that is at least a positive. 3/5 stars.
The second story, The Breaking Wheel, was surprisingly fantastic. It's about a lackluster robotic engineering student who plays a spur-of-the-moment prank on a vicious bully, but slowly becomes more distressed as his paranoia formulates a scenario in which the results of the prank have gone terribly wrong without his knowledge. This story has some of the most brutal imagery in the series so far, and manages to play brilliantly into the horror of its implications far before anything directly scary happens. And when it all pays off, it's truly a terrifying spectacle to behold, along with having one of my favourite endings so far. 4.5/5 stars.
The third story, He Told Me Everything, is... exactly as bad as I had heard it to be, possibly worse. It's about a high school freshman who attends a worrying opt-in science club activity in order to fit in among his more respectable peers. This story has a bad wrap in the community, and it absolutely deserves it; it has one of the lowest ratings I've ever given to a piece of media. The protagonist is irritating and disrespectful, and not in a likeable or entertaining way such as prior protagonists like Alec and Devon. The primary subject of the story is not only completely unrelated to any of the themes of Five Nights at Freddy's, but also ridiculously out of place in any context due to its wacky execution. And that execution is, honestly, disgusting. In a very literal sense. This story is unnecessarily gross. It's also honestly offensive to the readers just because of, well, just everything it tries to do. It really has no place in the franchise. What I can give it is that the writing style was actually sort of fun at least, and most of the characters aside from the protagonist were actually quite likeable despite their short screen-time (page-time?). Still, I truly cannot recommend this story to anyone. 1.5/5 stars.
Then we follow that up with the epilogue, which for the first time, is actually the best story in its book! It's also now my third favourite story in the entire series! Despite its relatively short length consistent with other epilogues, it really does feel like a main story due to the intensity and grandiosity of its events. Perhaps too much happens too quickly, but it's still an amazing ride, plus for fans of the primary game series there is a certain character appearance that will make you as shocked and hyped as I was. 4.5/5 stars.
Overall, given how terrible the third story is and how mediocre the first story is, I'm not entirely sure if I can recommend this book... but if you're really passionate, I think it's worth it for The Breaking Wheel and the epilogue. Just please, don't read He Told Me Everything. Please.
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