Wow. Tbh this was the first full fnaf thing I ever read and I actually quite enjoyed it. I can’t wait to read the rest of the trilogy.

I love how much this links into the stuff MatPat is always going on about and the games.

I mean Charlie and John could have been explored more but I loved it.

The stuff with the animatronics being what they are really fits in despite there not being a clear motive of why they were like that.

It’s understandable if people who never played the games or know anything about fnaf don’t like this book but I quite enjoyed it.

Also proud that this is the first book I haven’t cracked the spine on ( )

I got into FNAF years ago when my two boys started playing the game. At first, I wasn’t impressed but when my youngest son came home with the book and wanted to read it I took notice. My boys are not readers like their mama, so anytime they’ve shown interest in the written word I am all for it, even if it’s not my cup of tea. We started reading The Silver Eyes together, but life ended up getting in the way and we never finished it.

One thing that immediately struck me about FNAF was the lore and how Scott Cawthon created FNAF. The evolution of the franchise is fascinating but messy to say the least. After watching a ton of Markiplier game play on YouTube, plus watching the recently released Five Night’s at Freddy’s movie, I decided to pick up The Silver Eyes again and see if I could establish a better foundation behind the lore and gain a better understanding of the story as a whole.

I not only read The Silver Eyes but also listened to the audiobook, but I feel like listening to it made it less impactful. The narrator did a decent enough job, but it was blatantly obvious just how elementary the writing is. I know that these stories are geared towards a younger audience, but I do believe it could’ve been better written overall.

I finished the novel feeling even more confused than when I began. I tried to come to this novel without any prior knowledge of FNAF lore, but it was hard not to be impartial when I’m already in so deep. I love this franchise, especially since animatronics coming alive is something that has haunted my nightmares since my first trip to Showbiz Pizza, but the lore making no sense is beyond frustrating. I do plan on continuing the series to see if I can come to a better conclusion, but the way things look right now I don’t know if I’ll ever get the answers I’m craving. ( )

Five Night's at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes was an incredible read that gives an insider view into the FNAF lore and world Scott Cawthon has created in the games.

The worst part about this book (yes I'm starting with the worst) is that Scott Cawthon made it clear that this book is not completely canon and does not align up with the video games. Once you finally connect all these dots and think you solve the story, Scott has to go and switch up his lore! But that doesn't ruin this book at all, if anything it makes you try to connect little dots here and there to match up with the video game universe lore.

This book was a great addition to the FNAF world. I really enjoyed reading this story from another point of view. It gave great visual cues and was one of the few "horror YA" novels that I could actually get into.

For those who are into horror, and carnivals or old childhood tales, this book is definitely for you! It gives you a creepy, Chuck E Cheese vibe (if you haven't heard or read about FNAF before). These scary animatronics are attacking children and have even killed in the past. Or so they thought...

The lore is expanded so beautifully that I deem it an absolute must read for YA lovers, horror enthusiasts or FNAF fans.

There are bits and pieces that seem out of place, like specific markings on floorings being described or old childhood memories that seem to appear out of nowhere, but I know Scott Cawthon - everything is important. Perhaps in the next book these silly, little descriptions and features of this book will change the way we look at FNAF forever.

I am incredibly excited to see Charlie's story continue in the next novel (which HAS been announced! Yay!) and hopefully we might see her hinted at in any future FNAF games? Hopefully!!

Five out of five stars! ( )

It's been 10 years since Charlie left Hurricane, Utah, the site of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, her father's restaurant. Now 17, Charlie has returned for a dedication ceremony arranged in honor of Michael, a friend of hers who was kidnapped and likely killed all those years ago. The visit will reunite her with her former best friends: Marla, Jessica, Lamar, Carlton, and John. Although Michael wasn't the only child to go missing, his disappearance was the one that hit Charlie and her group of friends the hardest.

While Charlie's there, she decides to explore some of the forgotten recesses of her childhood, visiting the nearly undisturbed remains of her and her father's home, as well as what's left of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Charlie and her friends initially think the restaurant has been torn down, but then they discover that it was simply walled up. What's more, it's still accessible, as long as they're willing to take the risk of being discovered by the local security guard.

My primary exposure to the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise is watching a Let's Play of the first two or three nights of the first game. A newly hired security guard monitors the restaurant and its animatronics via several security cameras. The animatronics have been programmed to freely move around the restaurant at night in order to keep their servomotors from locking up. Unfortunately, if they make it to the security guard's office, they'll kill him. His only defense is two doors with lights he can control that can keep the animatronics at bay, but any time spent looking at one of the doors and working the lights provides the animatronics with an opportunity to sneak up on the player via the other door.

I was expecting this to be a fun, creepy, and fast-paced book about murderous animatronics. Instead, it was largely a slow-paced exploration of Charlie's forgotten childhood memories and how they were connected to the kidnappings that occurred 10 years ago. It boggled my mind how much Charlie had forgotten about her own life and somehow never previously wondered about, and the way she was written, her life from age 8 to 16 might as well not have existed - all we learned about those years was that she kept more in touch with Marla than any of her other friends.

Certain aspects of the story were kept secret for longer than made sense - for example, the details about what happened to Charlie's father. And the design of the restaurant animatronics was just...dumb. Charlie's father would have had to be both a moron and a monster to design the animatronics to function the way they did, because it would have been cheaper, safer, and easier to just create two versions of each character, one an animatronic and one a suit that was wearable by humans.

I was never able to take the setup, a bunch of 17-year-olds reminiscing about the days when they were all around 7 years old, seriously. I think it would have worked better as a bunch of 20-somethings reminiscing about their teen years. I'm guessing the ages were chosen to be more relatable for teen readers, but I can't imagine the book's style would have been very appealing to that audience.

I'm not looking forward to reading the other two books in the trilogy. My only hope is that they'll be a little more tightly written.

(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.) ( )

This book was terrible. I only bought it because I was playing Five Nights at Freddy's. ( )