A review by lilacwhisker
Lally's Game by Andrea Waggener, Kelly Parra, Scott Cawthon
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Probably the last of these books I will ever buy. There’s just so much wrong with them it’s hard to list, but I’ve made some key points.
-The whole “I’m not like other girls” thing keeps being used in like every other girl main character and it is really annoying and poorly written. Every character that is part of this trope is so boring and unlikeable, and I for sure saw this in the first story with Jessica.
-The ending of the first story doesn’t make sense if you haven’t read the first Fazbear Frights book (which is a completely different series so lots of people reading this book probably haven’t read it???) so if you don’t have that prior knowledge, the ending is not a great conclusion.
-The middle story, Lally’s Game was just boring and took me forever to get through (especially with such a forgettable main character who made very strange choices), and even then it’s probably the least bad story.
-The third story started off fine, but then it took the craziest u-turn that was trying to be a scary twist or something:
-I also would appreciate some better written diversity in these books. Maya, the main character of the last story, was half Puerto Rican, so maybe I should give some credit there, but it always feels like the majority of characters are very white and very beautiful (if I have to read one more story about a white girl with long black hair I will die) and if they are not, it is a major part of the story like in “To Be Beautiful”. Side note: there are also no queer characters at all in these?? In the 36 stories I’ve read (not including The Silver Eyes series, but still) I have seen nothing (gay people love animatronics, it just seems unrealistic lol).
Overall, my favorite part was the epilogue, which does not bode well for these books. Will probably not buy one of these again.
-The whole “I’m not like other girls” thing keeps being used in like every other girl main character and it is really annoying and poorly written. Every character that is part of this trope is so boring and unlikeable, and I for sure saw this in the first story with Jessica.
-The ending of the first story doesn’t make sense if you haven’t read the first Fazbear Frights book (which is a completely different series so lots of people reading this book probably haven’t read it???) so if you don’t have that prior knowledge, the ending is not a great conclusion.
-The middle story, Lally’s Game was just boring and took me forever to get through (especially with such a forgettable main character who made very strange choices), and even then it’s probably the least bad story.
-The third story started off fine, but then it took the craziest u-turn that was trying to be a scary twist or something:
Spoiler
the whole “everyone dies of cancer” thing was so weird and unneeded… how did that make it into an actual story??? If it was something like she thought robots were haunting her or something similar to that, it would actually be related to the games and stuff, but the blob-people and everyone she knows dying truly made me realize how bad this book was.-I also would appreciate some better written diversity in these books. Maya, the main character of the last story, was half Puerto Rican, so maybe I should give some credit there, but it always feels like the majority of characters are very white and very beautiful (if I have to read one more story about a white girl with long black hair I will die) and if they are not, it is a major part of the story like in “To Be Beautiful”. Side note: there are also no queer characters at all in these?? In the 36 stories I’ve read (not including The Silver Eyes series, but still) I have seen nothing (gay people love animatronics, it just seems unrealistic lol).
Overall, my favorite part was the epilogue, which does not bode well for these books. Will probably not buy one of these again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Cancer, and Death
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Dementia and Medical content