The Twisted Ones (Five Nights at Freddy's #2)

Nothing like the first book in all the bad ways. No real horror aspect and kinda ruined my fascination with FNaF. There were to many parts where I stopped and had to think to myself, are "are they trying to be funny". The characters showed little to no real development and just felt to rigid and dry. And the ending, in trying to finally create a horror atmosphere to me greatly failed.

Definitely not a bad book, but it suffers from what so many "second" media installments have: I call it "Sequel Syndrome." Where the second just isn't as good as the first. It also has a problem that I have ONLY seen in the second installment of trilogies - an inconclusive ending. I could have given this book at least a four-star rating without that ending, and then...Scott Cawthon had better write a third book, because that is just NOT a good place to leave the story.

I'm almost sure Scott Cawthon, like George R.R. Martin, likes to torture his fans to later on silently snicker at their reactions. This book was vastly better than the first in terms of engagement (but that grammar... get a better editor. I found myself cringing at the constant repetitiveness of the word 'scarcely.')
Anyway, this is so unfair. I somehow find myself with more questions than answers; shocked by that plot twist and then upset by the cliffhanger. Truly a rollercoaster and I'm both very pleased and very upset with this book. If another one isn't released, I'm going to implode.

Okay. So I almost forgot to order this book at first. I know, I know, bad fan.

Preface: I'm a grown woman who is in love with the FNAF franchise, has spent hours and hours reviewing lore and watching people like MatPat and Treesicle decipher all the Cawthon Easter eggs and other such nonsense.

I don't know how to feel about this book. I read the whole thing in less than two hours, even with interruptions. I poured over it. I am going to read it again. I am FULLY aware that even Scott has said that this book isn't canon and that the books aren't the same timeline as the games. I know that. But even still, I'm frustrated. I loved the book as a story. Really good. BUT. It is such a struggle to separate game from book lore and timeline, and that can be really frustrating. I have a lot of feelings about this. I need to read it again.

I NEED MATPAT TO READ THIS I NEED HELP.

Not worth the read. Even if your a mega fan like me.
Spoilers ahead.

Charlie, the main character, has turned into a Mary Sue.
She acts legitimately unhinged and everyone just goes along with her like shes acting perfectly normal.
At one point she convinces her friend to exhume what is essentially a dead body before they go shopping.

Springtrap, the undead abomination from fnaf 3, is now essentially a batman villan complete with maniacal laughter and animatronic minions.

The climax of the story is where everything falls apart. The original murderous animatronics are convinced to rescue Charlie from springtrap (Im assuming because of the power of love) and they battle the twisted animatronics.
Its so silly i wouldn't have been suprised if Freddy, bonnie, chika, and foxy formed into a giant robot like voltron.
Also springtrap gets beat up by a 19 year old girl.

In conclusion, while the writing is solid, the story and characters are anything but.
This is a terrible sequel to the great first novel.

I just wish this series would end before it creatively bankrupts itself further and we get ancient mystical cults, fnaf in space, and freddy vs slender.

Definitely not a bad book, but it suffers from what so many "second" media installments have: I call it "Sequel Syndrome." Where the second just isn't as good as the first. It also has a problem that I have ONLY seen in the second installment of trilogies - an inconclusive ending. I could have given this book at least a four-star rating without that ending, and then...Scott Cawthon had better write a third book, because that is just NOT a good place to leave the story.

I'm almost sure Scott Cawthon, like George R.R. Martin, likes to torture his fans to later on silently snicker at their reactions. This book was vastly better than the first in terms of engagement (but that grammar... get a better editor. I found myself cringing at the constant repetitiveness of the word 'scarcely.')
Anyway, this is so unfair. I somehow find myself with more questions than answers; shocked by that plot twist and then upset by the cliffhanger. Truly a rollercoaster and I'm both very pleased and very upset with this book. If another one isn't released, I'm going to implode.

Okay. So I almost forgot to order this book at first. I know, I know, bad fan.

Preface: I'm a grown woman who is in love with the FNAF franchise, has spent hours and hours reviewing lore and watching people like MatPat and Treesicle decipher all the Cawthon Easter eggs and other such nonsense.

I don't know how to feel about this book. I read the whole thing in less than two hours, even with interruptions. I poured over it. I am going to read it again. I am FULLY aware that even Scott has said that this book isn't canon and that the books aren't the same timeline as the games. I know that. But even still, I'm frustrated. I loved the book as a story. Really good. BUT. It is such a struggle to separate game from book lore and timeline, and that can be really frustrating. I have a lot of feelings about this. I need to read it again.

I NEED MATPAT TO READ THIS I NEED HELP.

Not worth the read. Even if your a mega fan like me.
Spoilers ahead.

Charlie, the main character, has turned into a Mary Sue.
She acts legitimately unhinged and everyone just goes along with her like shes acting perfectly normal.
At one point she convinces her friend to exhume what is essentially a dead body before they go shopping.

Springtrap, the undead abomination from fnaf 3, is now essentially a batman villan complete with maniacal laughter and animatronic minions.

The climax of the story is where everything falls apart. The original murderous animatronics are convinced to rescue Charlie from springtrap (Im assuming because of the power of love) and they battle the twisted animatronics.
Its so silly i wouldn't have been suprised if Freddy, bonnie, chika, and foxy formed into a giant robot like voltron.
Also springtrap gets beat up by a 19 year old girl.

In conclusion, while the writing is solid, the story and characters are anything but.
This is a terrible sequel to the great first novel.

I just wish this series would end before it creatively bankrupts itself further and we get ancient mystical cults, fnaf in space, and freddy vs slender.

The Good: the horror scenes are intense, graphic, and suspenseful without being too much for a young adult novel. The descriptions given are vivid, and make everything from the gory bits to the appearance of the animatronics very easy to imagine.

The bad: I'm not entirely sure the authors have ever heard a college person speak. Like ever. The writing make me feel like Cawthorn and Breed-Wrisley have heard rumors that young people talk, but have never actually hear it themselves. Or at least that neither of them actually tried saying the dialogue out loud before sending it to a publisher. As such, most of the character interaction was either boring, or just plain strange enough to pull me out of the story completely (looking at you, Arty).

The sudden change in perspective was also extremely jarring, and I found myself having to re-read entire scenes toward the end of the book because of the poor transition cues.

Despite these flaws, the book is definitely worth the read, and I am eagerly awaiting the next book in the series. (Damn you, cliffhangers!!!)

Read this within a few hours, having read Silver Eyes. Thankfully, you don't really have to have read Silver Eyes to have an understanding to what is going on, just the basic idea behind the main character. The ending was certainly the most powerful part, even though you wil certainly have to suspend your disbelief by a few miles. Then again, when has FNaF ever been normal? Easily better than the first novel and the references of the games will be fun to spot.

Why, you may ask?

BECAUSE SCOTT IS A MEAN, EVIL MAN, WHO CARES SO LITTLE ABOUT HIS FANS EMOTIONAL WELL BEING, THAT AFTER RELEASING THIS BOOK, NOT ONLY CANCELED THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF THE GAME, WHICH, BY THE FREAKING WAY, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A TROLL OR NOT, BUT, AGREES TO THE ENDING OF THIS BOOK!!! THIS IS A "CLIFFHANGER," NO, THIS IS EMOTIONAL TORTURE. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STEVEN MOFFETT, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN AND SCOTT CAWTHON WALK INTO A BAR?? YOU HAVE A MENTAL BREAKDOWN!!!

With that being said, this book is better then the last one. Just, take my advice, don't bother reading it, in its entirety, until the next book has a release date.

The book is amazing!! It earns it's name in more then one way. I can see why Scott released those pictures, putting those images to some of the scenes can be down right nightmare fuel and I love it!! I love the twists and can't wait to see if another book is coming, because you don't end a book like this without plans for a future one. I'm excited to see how this story plays out.

Amazing work Scott!!

As a professional courtesy, I'm going to inform you that there are two typos. One on page 28, and another on 119.

I was hoping Charlie's brother would be brought in as the Puppet. But when I got to the ending I was just disappointed and confused.

Fake blood at Freddy's, then Aunt Jen was there at the end. What?

It just leaves you hanging.

I want to give this 5 stars because the books are incredibly good but my problem is the book came with creases, tears, and scratches all over it and it sucks, but the review does not reflect the book itself, great writing, bad condition, that's it.

Unlike the first book, much detail was used. I'm very happy that (SPOILER ALERT) John finally expresses his feelings to Charlie and that the old Freddy gang helps save the day. I'm very glad I read this sequel and hope that the next book (if there is one ?) will be just as thrilling.

To, Scott Cawthon I really hope there is going to be a third book, and I really liked this book, and if there is going to be a third book I hope you tell us what happened to Charlie and if she died or not, and I also want to know who the lady who at the very end of the book was walking up to the diner and they all thought it was charlie, but John said, "that's not Charlie."

While this and the previous books are good, there are some blaring discrepancies in regards to location. It is very obvious to someone who has lived in Hurricane, UT that the authors just picked a spot on the map, because none of the unique characteristics of Hurricane, and later St. George are mentioned. This is southern Utah, which is super hot, too hot for woods, which were consistently mentioned in both books. Fields are a good description of lots of the undeveloped land, though they are primarily scrubs rather than grass, with lots of volcanic rock.
Hurricane is also known for its constant high winds, hence the name. The homes are built extra sturdy to handle the winds and high heat. And there have only ever been 6 tornadoes in the southern Utah area since 1970, with only one in 1994 and 2011 being the most recent. They barely hit the F1 (still F0) category, too weak to cause the damage mentioned in the book, especially due the the absence of many tall trees. I was there during the 2011 storm, and apart from knocked down signs, the damage was unnoticeable.
Also, it's pronounced like Hurry-come. The old English way. Watch the beginning of the Hobbit and you'll hear it.

I'm a fan of the FNAF series, I've played each and every game that has released and enjoyed every minute. I finally got around to reading the Silver Eyes and my mind was blown. Scott didn't disappoint on The Twisted Ones either making it very intense at times.

Waited a long time for this, the cliff hanger killed me...come one Scott I need closure! What did Springtrap mean he chose Charlie? Who was that woman? Was Charlie's projects a way to bring her brother back?

For people who aren't aware, Scott has made the statement that the books are not cannon to the video games, that they are alternate realities of the same franchise. When I first heard this, I was a little disappointed, because I was hoping that Scott was planning on using the book series to help flesh out the game series.

With that being said, the first book was decent. Much like any other book, it has a beginning, middle and ending. They adequate explained (mostly) about the murders, the animatronics, Afton and more. It was concluded nicely and I felt satisfied enough.

So after the first book, when I found out that there was a second book, I had planned on picking this up. I was a little annoyed to find out people where already getting physical copies and that I'd have to wait another week or so before I could get the digital edition, I thought that was a little unnecessary.

Anyways, with the second book, something is off with the writing. It isn't as good or as direct as it was in the first book. Reading the cover to both books, you'd already know that Scott didn't write this alone, he had help. I am starting to believe that Scott has a lot more control over the writing in this book than the last.

Why do I say that? Unlike the first book, which was straight forward and clearly written, there's a lot of parts in the book here that feel incoherent. There are parts of the story that are included, but don't really feel like they have a REASON to be included. You know how in every single one of Scott's games, there's uaully some sort of weird hints or messages the players have to pick up on to get a better understanding of the game? I feel like Scott was intentionally doing that with the writing in this book.

That wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, if the book was even remotely as satisfying as the last book. The fact of the matter is, this book was only designed as a set up to introduce Springtrap and the third book. Unlike the first book, we learn close to nothing. The first half feels like a bad slice of life novel, the second half feels like a bad action movie that's trying too hard and the last tiny bit is a BS cliff hanger, with no conclusion and no closure.

Scott, buddy, come on. This is nonsense. Why can't you give us any sort of closure? You are almos ALWAYS doing this and it's getting really stupid and old. If this is the kind of writing I can expect for the future, well, I'm not buying.

My first time through this book I gave it 5 stars, but I actually read this with my nephew before I'd read the first book. Now, after having read the first book, and finally finding the time to come here and edit my review, I just don't think it quite lived up to my expectations. I wish there'd been more character development, and a few of the scenes were just overdone, compared to the first book.

Still a great read, but not one I'm willing to give a full 5 stars to!

I LOVED the first book. With that said, this wretched bit of filler is so full of plot holes you could use it to strain noodles. The returning main character from the original is an over exaggeration of her original concept, moving from a socially awkward character to socially numb and honestly unlikable person. The book is shorter then its predecessor (thankfully) due to having no real direction. I could give several examples (I typed them all out actually before deciding to make this a spoiler free review), but suffice it to say her main purpose in this book is to :

1. Do something stupid.
2. Run towards danger.
3. Do something else which is a blatantly bad idea.
4. Run towards danger.
5. Do the dumbest possible thing, for a reason that creates a plot hole big enough for Fred Bear to walk in and out of.
6. Run towards danger.

Really, at times I was thinking "Scott is just trying his hardest to make me hate this story. Really testing the waters to see just how much unexplained tech and lack of character development he can throw at his fan base, just to see if they will indeed buy anything with the FNAF stamp on it."

*Is it ALL Bad?* Honestly, No. It is inferior work, but.... No Spoilers! I will say this. After reading this book, I can say with complete confidence that Foxy is the Alpha of Animatronics! If all the FNAF crew went at it in a battle royal, I honestly believe he would be the last ..... thing standing. What he does in this book is worth Two Stars by itself. Say, I gave it a Two Star Rating. If it hadn't been for Foxy just becoming the Godzilla of the FNAF universe, I would be upset that the store doesn't allow Negative Reviews. So No, its not ALL Bad, just mostly.

Final Notes....

***Reader Beware!*** You will get no answers in this book. You will not get any additional character development in this book. You will find chapter after chapter filled with talks about tech and various electronics with no real explanation as to how any of it works, or why it works, other then it moves the story forward... slowly. The original animatronics are in the book very little and only near the end. You will get a lot of riddled responses from the ... villain, and finally, you WILL receive a cliffhanger ending. Honestly, buy the time I finished, I didn't even care, I was just glad it ended.

I see a lot of positive reviews. That's great! I am glad people enjoy it, I am always glad to see people enjoying the things they love even if I disagree. So, I will put it like this in closing. In my opinion, if you are looking for the scares, atmosphere, character development and amazing new lore that was in the last novel, you will not find it here. This book is filler, a cash grab. They have a Scholastic thing going now so I guess the idea has turned to product milking. That's the way you make money I suppose.

I liked the first book. Most people didn't, but I did. This book was much shorter than that. In fact, the whole thing felt like it was originally a screenplay or a movie script. And it had pretty poor grammar as well. I know people complained about that with the original, but I didn't notice it then and I did notice it here. Basically, I didn't like it as much, it felt like some parts were dragged out to make the book longer while others simply weren't expanded upon as much as the should have. Usually fnaf stuff generally plays the right balance between giving you too much information and leaving too much out while still feeling like there's enough to draw a proper conclusion. It really doesn't feel like there was enough information included here to draw any proper conclusions. This is a drawn out way of saying that the whole book felt like sequels bait. Even moreso than the other fnaf products. This isn't helped by the fact that this book ends on a really weird cliff hanger. I'm going to spoil it because I don't think you should buy this book. The main character hangs back in the cave for a relatively dumb reason, gets trapped, and then dies. All of the other characters leave her there. Later on they're in a diner lamenting her when SURPRISE she starts walking into the diner. All of the side characters rush to her except for the most prominent side characters who merely says "That's not "Charlie" (the main character)" Not only is the an annoying cliffhanger, but it is also a stupid one. I feel that based on the quality and length of this book that it should be a free downloadable piece of fnaf lore and be considered a short story, not a paid for book. I genuinely enjoyed the first book, and would read it again, and I would probably read this again. But I would not spend my money on it again if given the choice. And if there ever is a third book, I will download it illegally and consider my payment for this book as payment for that one. Tldr, don't buy it, and if you need to read it download it for free online to protest these bad business practices. Good day.

Edit
I would like to add a few additional points after a few days of pkndering this book. Firstly, I'd like to agree with what another reviewer said. The first half of this book does feel rather like some sort of drawn out character introduction scene. Ironically, this boring portion is actually much better than the second half which feels like a lame horror movie filled with action and lame catch phrases. However, I would like to point out that it does feel like there's a good portion of this book something like 30%-40% of the way through. A portion which actually seems valuable and good. It's around when Charlie is shown the first body, as well as the parts after it. Some of this manages to obtain some of the feel from the first book. It's actually rather good. It's what comes after this that disgraces the entire rest of the franchise, especially the first book. If I were Scott Cawthon I would apologize for this book and remove it as Cannon. Remove it in all shapes and forms from connecting with any other portion of the story. Then, write a replacement sequel to the first book and make it free to make up for this thing. That would be the best solution.

I finished reading this book to my son tonight. He turns ten next month so he can read but I read chapter books to my son each night for the bonding experience. We were both frustrated with this book. I asked my son what he would rate it and he said either three or four stars. I'm going with three stars. The story was tense and kept our attention throughout but we both laughed at the implausible scenarios and descriptions that are incongruous with the FNAF lore and the ridiculous characters and their awkward dialogue. There was no editing to speak of. This story could have been told in 150 pages. I'm especially disappointed that this book ends with a cliffhanger yet no sequel is scheduled to complete what we were hoping would be a trilogy. My son has no interest in the book that is going to be released the day after Christmas. It seems like just another blow-off book. FNAF fans deserve better.

amazing book all the way to the end. one it didnt make much sense and how will you continue the story? why did that have to happen? that dumd twisted freddy had to go and do that and no on the springtrap escape that part sucked i wanted him to die! but id do like how he was in it…sort of. im still confused a little bit on where they were in thr ending and what was behind the metal "door" i also liked the part where the normal animatronics helped all of them but i would like to know where they are. oh and kill dave or if you preffer Williom Afton the dumbest stupidest and the most idiotic character in this entire story! kill him!!!!!!

I read this book in a day,absorbed by its sheer…f-ery. i had made so many conclusions about the whole fnaf series based on sister location, the silver eyes (first novel, recommended read), and all the other games including fnaf world. it messed up most of my therios except for a couple. in the first book there is william and henry. these two business partners work together to make the animatronics. from what i concluded, william was the buisnessman nd henry was the inventor. it said in this book that the so-called "twisted" animatronics were less humane, had a split down the middle of their face, and were much bigger than the originals. this directley made me think of sister location, as in that game, the animatronics were bigger so that they could "scoop" children. henry made the originals in FNAF 1, but later, as shown in the secret cutscene in fnaf world, killed himself because of an animatronic he had made. this animatronic was Baby in sister location.
this hint proved to me that william afton, the buisness man, also know as the purple guy in the FNAF series, was the one that made the sister location animatronics, and that the "twisted" animatronics are the same as the sister location ones.
the second thing was the house. as you can see from the maps in fnaf sister location enndards good ending map, the cutscenes of the game (exotic butters) and the house layout in the minigames and regular gameplay of FNAF four, sister location is built under the FNAF four house. the book proves this in a way when john and charlie go through the house and charlie remebers stuff by looking at the house inside. she examines the layout and speakms ab out the blueprints of her father Henry's work. this lets us know about the houses layout as you might read. there is a secret baement hideout which i assume is sister location.
in a way this book filled some holes and left some new ones. all in all great read, read for yourself and fill in your own holes.

What a horrible book. I thought the first one was terrible but this one takes the Freddy’s fazebears birthday cake. It’s written again like more fan fiction and the authors have made me completely hate the characters. They are written with dialogue that no human would speak and comes off like a bad b horror movie. Once again the creep known as John gets on my nerves. This time the authors tried being cute by trying to add jokes during serious moments that just made me put the book down. Sorry but this is not five nights at Freddy’s.

I've heard about FNAF, but I never thought about getting into it. I'm glad I did. The first book set the ground work, while second one lived up to it, and beyond. I only have two minor problems. One, we have to wait to find out about Charlie. Second, I can't wait til then!!!!
Without spoiling it, the way the book ended, and how it ended, left me waiting for more. I will definitely buy the next book when it comes out. If I'm scared, I might pick up the game.

The ending left a lot to be desired and felt rushed, bringing up a barrage of new questions without answering a lot of the ones the story brought up throughout the narrative. What was the purpose of the project Charlie was building? What was behind that door she kept drawing subconsciously? What was going on with Sammy's ghost, was he really there or was it all in Charlie's mind? It very much felt like the set up for the next book rather than its own contained story.

Still, it was an engaging read and I'm interested to see where it takes us from here. Hopefully, the next installment will answer some of these questions rather than making new questions without ever answering any of the others.

I eagerly awaited the second book, but I had only just finished the first one when this one came out. It was excellent. I really enjoyed the slow burn, and the descriptiveness was very good. The characters and overall writing felt less wooden, even if a few of Clay's one-liners felt a little forced and cheesy. Overall, I really liked this book and I eagerly await the third planned book. The narration is wonderful, and I feel like she found her stride in this book a bit better than the first, which was still very good.

For people who aren't aware, Scott has made the statement that the books are not cannon to the video games, that they are alternate realities of the same franchise. When I first heard this, I was a little disappointed, because I was hoping that Scott was planning on using the book series to help flesh out the game series.

With that being said, the first book was decent. Much like any other book, it has a beginning, middle and ending. They adequate explained (mostly) about the murders, the animatronics, Afton and more. It was concluded nicely and I felt satisfied enough.

So after the first book, when I found out that there was a second book, I had planned on picking this up. I was a little annoyed to find out people where already getting physical copies and that I'd have to wait another week or so before I could get the digital edition, I thought that was a little unnecessary.

Anyways, with the second book, something is off with the writing. It isn't as good or as direct as it was in the first book. Reading the cover to both books, you'd already know that Scott didn't write this alone, he had help. I am starting to believe that Scott has a lot more control over the writing in this book than the last.

Why do I say that? Unlike the first book, which was straight forward and clearly written, there's a lot of parts in the book here that feel incoherent. There are parts of the story that are included, but don't really feel like they have a REASON to be included. You know how in every single one of Scott's games, there's uaully some sort of weird hints or messages the players have to pick up on to get a better understanding of the game? I feel like Scott was intentionally doing that with the writing in this book.

That wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, if the book was even remotely as satisfying as the last book. The fact of the matter is, this book was only designed as a set up to introduce Springtrap and the third book. Unlike the first book, we learn close to nothing. The first half feels like a bad slice of life novel, the second half feels like a bad action movie that's trying too hard and the last tiny bit is a BS cliff hanger, with no conclusion and no closure.

Scott, buddy, come on. This is nonsense. Why can't you give us any sort of closure? You are almos ALWAYS doing this and it's getting really stupid and old. If this is the kind of writing I can expect for the future, well, I'm not buying.

My first time through this book I gave it 5 stars, but I actually read this with my nephew before I'd read the first book. Now, after having read the first book, and finally finding the time to come here and edit my review, I just don't think it quite lived up to my expectations. I wish there'd been more character development, and a few of the scenes were just overdone, compared to the first book.

Still a great read, but not one I'm willing to give a full 5 stars to!

I LOVED the first book. With that said, this wretched bit of filler is so full of plot holes you could use it to strain noodles. The returning main character from the original is an over exaggeration of her original concept, moving from a socially awkward character to socially numb and honestly unlikable person. The book is shorter then its predecessor (thankfully) due to having no real direction. I could give several examples (I typed them all out actually before deciding to make this a spoiler free review), but suffice it to say her main purpose in this book is to :

1. Do something stupid.
2. Run towards danger.
3. Do something else which is a blatantly bad idea.
4. Run towards danger.
5. Do the dumbest possible thing, for a reason that creates a plot hole big enough for Fred Bear to walk in and out of.
6. Run towards danger.

Really, at times I was thinking "Scott is just trying his hardest to make me hate this story. Really testing the waters to see just how much unexplained tech and lack of character development he can throw at his fan base, just to see if they will indeed buy anything with the FNAF stamp on it."

*Is it ALL Bad?* Honestly, No. It is inferior work, but.... No Spoilers! I will say this. After reading this book, I can say with complete confidence that Foxy is the Alpha of Animatronics! If all the FNAF crew went at it in a battle royal, I honestly believe he would be the last ..... thing standing. What he does in this book is worth Two Stars by itself. Say, I gave it a Two Star Rating. If it hadn't been for Foxy just becoming the Godzilla of the FNAF universe, I would be upset that the store doesn't allow Negative Reviews. So No, its not ALL Bad, just mostly.

Final Notes....

***Reader Beware!*** You will get no answers in this book. You will not get any additional character development in this book. You will find chapter after chapter filled with talks about tech and various electronics with no real explanation as to how any of it works, or why it works, other then it moves the story forward... slowly. The original animatronics are in the book very little and only near the end. You will get a lot of riddled responses from the ... villain, and finally, you WILL receive a cliffhanger ending. Honestly, buy the time I finished, I didn't even care, I was just glad it ended.

I see a lot of positive reviews. That's great! I am glad people enjoy it, I am always glad to see people enjoying the things they love even if I disagree. So, I will put it like this in closing. In my opinion, if you are looking for the scares, atmosphere, character development and amazing new lore that was in the last novel, you will not find it here. This book is filler, a cash grab. They have a Scholastic thing going now so I guess the idea has turned to product milking. That's the way you make money I suppose.

I liked the first book. Most people didn't, but I did. This book was much shorter than that. In fact, the whole thing felt like it was originally a screenplay or a movie script. And it had pretty poor grammar as well. I know people complained about that with the original, but I didn't notice it then and I did notice it here. Basically, I didn't like it as much, it felt like some parts were dragged out to make the book longer while others simply weren't expanded upon as much as the should have. Usually fnaf stuff generally plays the right balance between giving you too much information and leaving too much out while still feeling like there's enough to draw a proper conclusion. It really doesn't feel like there was enough information included here to draw any proper conclusions. This is a drawn out way of saying that the whole book felt like sequels bait. Even moreso than the other fnaf products. This isn't helped by the fact that this book ends on a really weird cliff hanger. I'm going to spoil it because I don't think you should buy this book. The main character hangs back in the cave for a relatively dumb reason, gets trapped, and then dies. All of the other characters leave her there. Later on they're in a diner lamenting her when SURPRISE she starts walking into the diner. All of the side characters rush to her except for the most prominent side characters who merely says "That's not "Charlie" (the main character)" Not only is the an annoying cliffhanger, but it is also a stupid one. I feel that based on the quality and length of this book that it should be a free downloadable piece of fnaf lore and be considered a short story, not a paid for book. I genuinely enjoyed the first book, and would read it again, and I would probably read this again. But I would not spend my money on it again if given the choice. And if there ever is a third book, I will download it illegally and consider my payment for this book as payment for that one. Tldr, don't buy it, and if you need to read it download it for free online to protest these bad business practices. Good day.

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I would like to add a few additional points after a few days of pkndering this book. Firstly, I'd like to agree with what another reviewer said. The first half of this book does feel rather like some sort of drawn out character introduction scene. Ironically, this boring portion is actually much better than the second half which feels like a lame horror movie filled with action and lame catch phrases. However, I would like to point out that it does feel like there's a good portion of this book something like 30%-40% of the way through. A portion which actually seems valuable and good. It's around when Charlie is shown the first body, as well as the parts after it. Some of this manages to obtain some of the feel from the first book. It's actually rather good. It's what comes after this that disgraces the entire rest of the franchise, especially the first book. If I were Scott Cawthon I would apologize for this book and remove it as Cannon. Remove it in all shapes and forms from connecting with any other portion of the story. Then, write a replacement sequel to the first book and make it free to make up for this thing. That would be the best solution.

Ah, another day of FNAF lore is another casual day for me. It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that I'd read this book (I'm overly obsessed with FNAF theories. Too obsessed...in all honesty). While it took me a while to get to it, the book was definitely worth the wait.

The Twisted Ones is the second book in the FNAF book series. The lore is different from the video games (same animatronics, different back story, but some similar names of characters...) but you could easily try to eave it into the video games if you tried (or if you trust Scott and his sneaky ways).

While this appears to be a YA novel, some of the gore is definitely closer to R rated. If you're a fan of FNAF, it probably wouldn't come as big of a surprise to know some of the gore is REALLY GORY, but keep that in mind if you choose to read it.

Plot wise, the story continued with a smooth transition. There is a time jump between the first and second book, but it worked in it's favour. Slowly plot details are revealed and old characters appear, and eventually Scott and Kira build and add to this spectacular take on the lore. I really did enjoy it - more animatronics, more craziness!

The book is relatively fast paced - I didn't get bored once. I really hope the next book is the last book in this series to finish it up. This book was the perfect sequel, so I'd like to see an explosive ending (by the way, MAJOR CLIFFHANGER ALERT).

Now, time for some lore discussion - this book will raise questions. Don't try to tie it to the book, and you'll be feeling mighty fine! If you start trying to make a wild, crazy theory you'll get fed up and quit. This book is supposed to be fun and increase circulation of this series (from my perspective) and it is increasing the fan base. Look at how many people are frustrated with the fact that this book doesn't fit in with the FNAF video games and are talking about it constantly... It's a lot of people. More conversations, more circulation, more participation, more people reading... It's marketing genius. Is this book kinda silly? Yes. Were half of my questions answered in regard to lore for this book series? No. But it's fun! I think this is a fun read that didn't require my brain to explode to understand it.

Side note: Can we get a FNAF graphic novel or something? This book would be EPIC in picture form...just saying.

Four out of five stars.

amazing book all the way to the end. one it didnt make much sense and how will you continue the story? why did that have to happen? that dumd twisted freddy had to go and do that and no on the springtrap escape that part sucked i wanted him to die! but id do like how he was in it…sort of. im still confused a little bit on where they were in thr ending and what was behind the metal "door" i also liked the part where the normal animatronics helped all of them but i would like to know where they are. oh and kill dave or if you preffer Williom Afton the dumbest stupidest and the most idiotic character in this entire story! kill him!!!!!!

I read this book in a day,absorbed by its sheer…f-ery. i had made so many conclusions about the whole fnaf series based on sister location, the silver eyes (first novel, recommended read), and all the other games including fnaf world. it messed up most of my therios except for a couple. in the first book there is william and henry. these two business partners work together to make the animatronics. from what i concluded, william was the buisnessman nd henry was the inventor. it said in this book that the so-called "twisted" animatronics were less humane, had a split down the middle of their face, and were much bigger than the originals. this directley made me think of sister location, as in that game, the animatronics were bigger so that they could "scoop" children. henry made the originals in FNAF 1, but later, as shown in the secret cutscene in fnaf world, killed himself because of an animatronic he had made. this animatronic was Baby in sister location.
this hint proved to me that william afton, the buisness man, also know as the purple guy in the FNAF series, was the one that made the sister location animatronics, and that the "twisted" animatronics are the same as the sister location ones.
the second thing was the house. as you can see from the maps in fnaf sister location enndards good ending map, the cutscenes of the game (exotic butters) and the house layout in the minigames and regular gameplay of FNAF four, sister location is built under the FNAF four house. the book proves this in a way when john and charlie go through the house and charlie remebers stuff by looking at the house inside. she examines the layout and speakms ab out the blueprints of her father Henry's work. this lets us know about the houses layout as you might read. there is a secret baement hideout which i assume is sister location.
in a way this book filled some holes and left some new ones. all in all great read, read for yourself and fill in your own holes.

What a horrible book. I thought the first one was terrible but this one takes the Freddy’s fazebears birthday cake. It’s written again like more fan fiction and the authors have made me completely hate the characters. They are written with dialogue that no human would speak and comes off like a bad b horror movie. Once again the creep known as John gets on my nerves. This time the authors tried being cute by trying to add jokes during serious moments that just made me put the book down. Sorry but this is not five nights at Freddy’s.

I've heard about FNAF, but I never thought about getting into it. I'm glad I did. The first book set the ground work, while second one lived up to it, and beyond. I only have two minor problems. One, we have to wait to find out about Charlie. Second, I can't wait til then!!!!
Without spoiling it, the way the book ended, and how it ended, left me waiting for more. I will definitely buy the next book when it comes out. If I'm scared, I might pick up the game.

The ending left a lot to be desired and felt rushed, bringing up a barrage of new questions without answering a lot of the ones the story brought up throughout the narrative. What was the purpose of the project Charlie was building? What was behind that door she kept drawing subconsciously? What was going on with Sammy's ghost, was he really there or was it all in Charlie's mind? It very much felt like the set up for the next book rather than its own contained story.

Still, it was an engaging read and I'm interested to see where it takes us from here. Hopefully, the next installment will answer some of these questions rather than making new questions without ever answering any of the others.

I finished reading this book to my son tonight. He turns ten next month so he can read but I read chapter books to my son each night for the bonding experience. We were both frustrated with this book. I asked my son what he would rate it and he said either three or four stars. I'm going with three stars. The story was tense and kept our attention throughout but we both laughed at the implausible scenarios and descriptions that are incongruous with the FNAF lore and the ridiculous characters and their awkward dialogue. There was no editing to speak of. This story could have been told in 150 pages. I'm especially disappointed that this book ends with a cliffhanger yet no sequel is scheduled to complete what we were hoping would be a trilogy. My son has no interest in the book that is going to be released the day after Christmas. It seems like just another blow-off book. FNAF fans deserve better.

I eagerly awaited the second book, but I had only just finished the first one when this one came out. It was excellent. I really enjoyed the slow burn, and the descriptiveness was very good. The characters and overall writing felt less wooden, even if a few of Clay's one-liners felt a little forced and cheesy. Overall, I really liked this book and I eagerly await the third planned book. The narration is wonderful, and I feel like she found her stride in this book a bit better than the first, which was still very good.

I STAYED UP UNTILL IT HIT 12 AND I M STILL PUMPED!!!! omgg i cant wait ...ooo.. i feel in love with fnaf when it firrst came out anf litterly lived my still going life with fnaf. ty scott forr giving the world this gift!!!!

This was an absolutely fantastic follow up to The Silver Eyes, as it builds brilliantly off of the first, delivering twists and turns on subjects introduced not only in this book but the last as well, the ending (NO SPOILERS) left me wanting more.

I STAYED UP UNTILL IT HIT 12 AND I M STILL PUMPED!!!! omgg i cant wait ...ooo.. i feel in love with fnaf when it firrst came out anf litterly lived my still going life with fnaf. ty scott forr giving the world this gift!!!!