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beatricezs's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
cursed_sapphire's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This is the worst Fazbear Frights book by a lot. I also hold a personal grudge against it and am tempted to personally set my copy on fire.
I seriously recommend skipping this one and just looking up synopsis videos on YouTube.
For actual reasons the stories were bad, here's a summery:
The stories all had bloated beginnings with a lot of stuff that doesn’t end up mattering. The characters are as flat as they can get, and many are especially annoying. The prose is sloppy and amateurish with dialogue that sounds straight from a high-school drama book from 2006 made for tweens. The first story spends its first half as a sweet suburban story before refrigerating two characters (one of which is a cat) and then mostly just being unbearably sad, with the horror not coming until the story is almost done. The second story had the best integration of horror, but had a dumb premise and was dragged out too long. The third story was 90% annoying teen drama until the final 10% was gruesome body horror.
All of these stories were bloated and way too long. And the cheesy writing didn't help. The only things I can praise are the protagonists, which were each at least semi-interesting, and the body horror.
I will say the Stichwraith Stinger at the end was really good. But that couldn't save this book.
2 stars for the Stichwraith and the body horror.
I seriously recommend skipping this one and just looking up synopsis videos on YouTube.
For actual reasons the stories were bad, here's a summery:
The stories all had bloated beginnings with a lot of stuff that doesn’t end up mattering. The characters are as flat as they can get, and many are especially annoying. The prose is sloppy and amateurish with dialogue that sounds straight from a high-school drama book from 2006 made for tweens. The first story spends its first half as a sweet suburban story before refrigerating two characters (one of which is a cat) and then mostly just being unbearably sad, with the horror not coming until the story is almost done. The second story had the best integration of horror, but had a dumb premise and was dragged out too long. The third story was 90% annoying teen drama until the final 10% was gruesome body horror.
All of these stories were bloated and way too long. And the cheesy writing didn't help. The only things I can praise are the protagonists, which were each at least semi-interesting, and the body horror.
I will say the Stichwraith Stinger at the end was really good. But that couldn't save this book.
2 stars for the Stichwraith and the body horror.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Body horror
Minor: Body shaming and Bullying
girlinthemoon's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
maismatu's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.75
nrogers_1030's review
dark
2.75
I didn't finish the first story... I saw the writing on the wall about the cat and noped out of it. The second one was sus so I skipped that one too. The third was a really good (gross) story and I liked the added Larsen story.
breakdown62's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
darryn_gray's review
2.5
The stories in these books almost feel like they're just running out of ideas, not saying that they were the best to begin with but they're getting worse and worse and are no longer standing out. They are predictable within a few minutes of each story, then you're just having to wait it out and get drug along.
monicareadss's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
layc's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0