Fetch (Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights #2)

Joshua

Rating: really liked it
The Fazbear Frights series continue's with three more twisted tales... the most disturbing out of the six so far.

It's been so fun reading these so far, and I hope I'll get the opportunity to obtain the rest of the series in the future beforehand; these stories are incredible for FNaF standards; especially horror. These stories are absolutely 12+, gruesome events go into full elaborate detail to the point where my stomach began to crawl.

Story 1: Fetch is by far the most unique and well written antagonist in the FNaF series, his story in particular has to be the most exciting, thrilling, and the most gruesome out of the two Fazbear Fright books so far, the twists will have readers in absolute disbelief.

Story 2: I'm not necessarily sure how to put this: but FNaF need's character development, it's something thats been scarce throughout the entire franchise, although these books do infact give the series a chance to go in depth with that, it can sometimes have **too** much character development to where it's basically a novel about some kids everyday life, I eventually forgot i was reading a FNaF horror book throughout the entire time, and is mainly why I gave this a Four stars, although the near end of the story saved it a bit, which it eventually leads up to something great after all that character development, and is.. certainly worth the read, and.. throughout my six years of being a FNaF fan, living through every event of fnaf, playing every game, reading every book, no story has kept me up at night besides this, I cant say much; but good lord.

Story 3: Fantastic, I don't have much to say about it, but it's fantastic ! Second favorite out of the two, it has a lot of suspense: horror is lacking, but the suspense is phenomenal.

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Regarding the canonicity of these books, no, they are certainly not used to be used to solve the games, as i mentioned in my own Into the Pit review, these are fun short anthology stories, and to me i think Scott should incorporate his own FNAF anthology game series with ideas like these, theres so much potential!

The improvement here is that, theres more horror, a lot of horror actually, this series has a lot of light ahead of it to potentially become the next Goosebumps .

Another improvement is the linear storytelling, while some things are left up to interpretation and not explained.. confusing elements shown in Fazbear Frights #1 Into the pit do not reappear here, infact all of these stories are straightforward.

The main questions are, what lies in the dark, grim world of Five Nights at Freddy's? Exactly what is causing these events to happen? Who is this hooded figure roaming the shadows at night? and exactly what is Detective Larson following onto...

Read Fetch (Fazbear Frights #2) for more information!

All I can say is, Fetch and friends h2cus ;)

c u soon, fnaf fans

mckenna ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

Rating: really liked it
Hooray for the second installment of Fazbear Frights! I don't know quite what it is about these short story compilations but I immensely enjoy reading them and fly through the whole novel in record speed. They may have cliches and cringey moments but regardless of that, diving deeper into the FNaF lore is always something that leaves readers like myself wanting more. Scary situations are hidden in middle grade-like themes but that doesn't mean these stories can't still get dark! So let's discuss...

Fetch: 4 stars

"If the dog was human, forensics would point to Greg in a nanosecond. But the corpse was a dog. He didn't figure there'd be much of an investigation when the dog was found. It looked like the nasty little thing had been mauled by a coyote.

But it hadn't."

Greg and his friends decide to break into the town's old pizzeria and see what secrets hide inside for some excitement, but the last thing they expect to find is Fetch. A mechanical dog that syncs to your smartphone, but the strange thing is, in the year when the dog seemed to be built smartphones didn't even exist yet. Suddenly spooked, Greg and his friends run far away from the pizzeria and do not plan to go back. All is well until Greg gets a mysterious text message, somehow Fetch has connected to Greg's phone and anything Greg wants or wishes for, Fetch will make it come true. He'll bring Greg his favorite snacks and get him his dream lab partner, but all is not as it seems as Fetch's requests start to take a more sinister turn.

This is exactly the kind of story I expect from the FNaF universe and I love it! Aside from some silly moments that I can definitely overlook, Fetch is a creepy take on modern technology. The ending of this story seemed abrupt and while I wish we could have had some follow up on Greg's story, the thought of this animal dragging a girl's lifeless body into a young boy's house and leaving it for him as a prize is bone chilling and was a perfect climax to this story!

Lonely Freddy: 2 stars

"A panicky feeling began to rise in his chest. I just need to get outside, he thought I need some air. But breathing wasn't his problem. Moving was.

He tried to extend his leg to stand, but nothing happened. He wanted to push his palm to the floor to brace himself, but he couldn't."

Alec has always resented his little sister, Hazel, for being the perfect daughter while he is stuck as the troublemaker son. When he overhears his parents talking about testing out another new parenting method to "fix" him, Alec decides to give them exactly what they asked for and become the perfect son they always wanted. After a few strangely normal and nice conversations with Hazel, Alec comes up with a plan that his sister surprisingly goes along with. On the days up until Hazel's precious birthday party that their parents had spent an enormous amount of time and money on, Alec and Hazel decide to switch roles. Hazel will be the problematic, back-talking, and rude child while Alec will be polite, calm and helpful, all to throw off their parents; because Hazel is sick of living up to being perfect and Alec doesn't always want to be a disappointment. What could go wrong?

Blahhhh.

So far this was both the least creepy and most boring story of the Fazbear Frights collection. The lead up to the twist was far too long and the ending left me kind of confused if I'm honest. After finding the "Lonely Freddy" animatronics at Hazel's birthday party, Alec learns that parents can rent them for their children so they don't have to play alone. Alec follows one of the robots into a staff room of the pizzeria and finds himself faced with a Lonely Freddy and suddenly unable to move, somehow the robot switches minds (I think?) with Alec and steals his body. As the robot goes back to Alec's parents in his own skin, Alec is left in a locked box with other Lonely Freddy toys that hold the minds of other lost children. This one was just a little too weird for me and I felt the story could have gone in so many other directions, but I'm still giving it two stars because despite not really enjoying it I love this series as a whole and it was at least a quick read.

Out of Stock: 4 stars

""Um, is it just me or do the teeth look wrong?" Isaac pointed at the straight, slightly yellow human-looking teeth that were visible through Plushtrap's partly open mouth.

"No doubt about it. They look...real."

"They look"- he swallowed - "human.""

Oscar along with his friends Raj and Isaac have been waiting what seems like forever for the new Plushtrap Chaser toy to be released and the day has finally come. The boys decide to meet at the toy store after school, but upon arrival their hearts drop as all the Plushtraps have been sold out at every store. Searching high and low, Oscar and his friends find the last store with the toy in stock and join the large line of people. Getting closer and closer to the register the group of friends overhear a heated exchange between employees about a returned Plushtrap that can't be resold. When the last toy from the store gets bought and the employees tell everyone in line to go home, Oscar makes a quick decision. Darting behind the counter he grabs the returned toy and runs out of the store. Somehow he gets away from mall security and finally has the toy he's been waiting for in his room. Oscar, Raj and Isaac open the toy and are disheartened when it doesn't work, but upon closer look, they realize the Plushtrap Chaser is more sinister than advertised.

Oh my gosh, this is one of those stories that takes you a moment to fathom the horror, but once you do it's unshakeable. Human eyes and teeth have been ripped out and implanted into a children's toy, I mean how messed up is that? The toy inevitably comes to life and tries to kill and eat these kids and it chases them through a blackout. There were some moments in this story that literally had my palms sweating, like when the toy shut down in the middle of a doorway and Oscar, Isaac and Raj had to sneak past it before it woke up. Although, something that struck me as odd with this story is that it happens to be the first happy ending of the Fazbear Frights series and I must admit (creepily enough) that I was mildly disappointed about this! But readers got a bit more insight to the fate of the Plushtrap Chaser in the short chapter at the end of this book.

Just like in the first book, there were a few pages after the three initial stories and while readers still seem to be in the dark to the underlying bigger picture, the next novels will undoubtedly unfold the deeper and darker mystery and I can't wait to put all the puzzle pieces together! Only a few more months until 1:35AM!

Dylan

Rating: really liked it
I really liked this book it's the same as the last book, it gives you 3 short horror stories set in the Fnaf universe, and gives you part 2/6 of The tale of the Stitchwraith. The first story is called Fetch, it's about a boy who discovers a robot dog who is programmed to do everything his master tells him to do. The second story is called Lonely Freddy which is my favorite out of the bunch, it's about a boy named Alec who hates his little sister named Hazel because his parents adore her way more then they do him and he is willing to do anything to best her. The third story called Out of Stock is about a boy named Oscar who always gets the short end of the stick, everytime he wants a toy or a video game from a store they are always sold out and he never gets it. Well, this time he is able to get a toy, but how desperate is he...? And finally we get to the Tale of the Stitchwraith which is still following the detective as he looks for leads on the case.

guille

Rating: really liked it
What a bummer, the first story *Fetch* was really really good. My favorite so far. But the other ones? Huge meh.
I’ll take a short break from the series, I’m somehow not in the mood rn. Recs are accepted 🥺

Shiara_reads

Rating: really liked it
I love Fetch! Good boy :)

Koilee

Rating: really liked it
A friend recommended this to me and I figured it would be below my reading level and possibly even boring, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't know whether it deserves a 4/5 or a 5/5. I liked the last two short stories 100 times better than the first one. This was a great introduction to the fnaf series for me.

burnie

Rating: really liked it
Fetch: Ending was super open which isn't always a bad thing, but come on I want some gory shit from a Five Nights at Freddy's short story. Bloody sheets just aren't gonna do it for me. The concept of an AI with the intent to please the owner, without realizing and adhering to moral boundaries or even plotting to do it maliciously in the first place, is one of the more interesting concepts that's been introduced throughout the franchise.

Lonely Freddy: Kind of forgot that this was a short story from the FNAF franchise, because, similar to some of the other stories at times, the narrative about the creepy animatronics haunted by dead children murdered by a purple man takes a back seat in order to give the attention to whatever angsty "unloved" child is the protagonist. The latter half of the story was solid, the idea of the consciousness swap was interesting, and the dynamic of Alec and Hazel had the potential to be really cool. The horror felt a bit more gimmicky? I don't know, it felt really slow the majority of the time which caused Alec's character development to really drag.

Out of Stock: Having a protagonist who is able to have a somewhat clear idea of who they are and what their place in life is, makes the story a lot more readable. Sure, still an emotional 12 year old kid, but the relationships with his mum and his friends felt more compelling and real rather than having a parent there for the sake of having a parent character. Plushtrap felt a bit underutilized, and the story did suffer for it slightly by feeling like the shortest of the three.

szara

Rating: really liked it
While I did like the first volume of Fazbear Frights as a part of a franchise I'm into and the spooks, volume two was much more enjoyable as a collection of short stories in general. I really liked the writing, the pacing, and the construction of characters in this one. All of the stories had me hooked quite quickly and I liked them till the end, but overall "Lonely Freddy" is my favourite out of all Fazbear Frights stories in general! The main character was a great narrator for this since and the emotional conflict had me really invested – and the ending gave me chills. Looking forward to the next installment in the series.

Paula

Rating: really liked it
I had to know: actually scary? underestimated? I mean you never know- people I respect have had a ball writing Minecraft novels, and the Plants vs Zombies comics are fun!
But no, this is nonsense. A little scary? But poorly drawn and lazily plotted.
So there you go, I did that for you. Should you buy it for your library? Absolutely. But hand them some Goosebumps once they’re finished with this clickbait.

MarsMeetsMercury

Rating: really liked it
This series is fabulous! All you’d want from an indie horror series. The short stories still contain the detailed action of full novels and they are intriguing yet horrifying at the same time (whether this is in a pleasant or not way I can’t tell). Overall, a good series so far!

Jayda Mora

Rating: really liked it
I loved the topic, it was just a bit confusing for me. It is a horror story, and is very interesting for those who like horror. This is definitely recommended from me!

zonya

Rating: really liked it
AMAZING!!! I love this book, I finished it in a day! But I would really like if the person who wrote all these fnaf books would stop. giving. cliiff. hangers. 🥲

Autumn

Rating: really liked it
Even though I've only read the first two books in the series, this is my favorite. The stories were addicting and lived rent free in my head when I wasn't reading. I highly recommend this book if you're fan of FNAF or just a fan of short horror stories with fantastical elements.

Emily-kasandra Cliche

Rating: really liked it
This was the best one of the Fazbear Frights book out of the first 3!

Jennifer

Rating: really liked it
Another great book of three short stories. I'm not sure how to review the book without spoiling something so I will say if you like goosebumps and five nights at freddys this won't disappoint.