Five Nights At Freddy's Klify. Tom 7

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights #7

by Scott Cawthon

Five Nights At Freddy's Klify. Tom 7

Genres: Horror, Young Adult, Horror Thriller, Audiobook, Fiction, Video Games, Thriller

240 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

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

[Louis · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[ferdi 🍉 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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

[szara · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Darca · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[Leigh Kenyon · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Monistka · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Neftalí del Carmen · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[guille (littlebitmoody) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The epilogue though, so good!!! I can’t wait for the next one

[Jellyk8 · Rating 1 out of 5]

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?

[Rem · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Chelsea · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Clare · Rating 5 out of 5]

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...

[Adelaide Metzger · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Konnor · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[V · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Emblue26 Mac · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this book but towards the end I thought was abit gruesome

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Georgiana-Laura Gheorghe · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 Știință 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.

[Luis Sanchez · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.