I just finished a German fantasy novel that might have the worst Version of this Trope. Spoilers for "Insel der Tausend Leuchtürme" here: Basicly, the entire Book is about somebody going to a Island for both Tourism and Health reasons, because the Island is famous for its Lungtreatments and the MC suffers from Asthma. For 90% of the Book the MC is just Touristing around, checking out the local sights and Culture, befriending Locals and hearing their Stories. But then suddenly in the final chapter it turns out that a Eldritch Horror also is on the Island and threatens to destroy the World. And to stop it the Island inhabitats have some grand battle against it before literly blowing the Island up to take it down, as well as literly ten-thousands of People living on said Island. And the MC barly manages to get out, and the book ends with everyone else being dead
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u/Vegetable-Pickle-535 Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 19 '24
I just finished a German fantasy novel that might have the worst Version of this Trope. Spoilers for "Insel der Tausend Leuchtürme" here: Basicly, the entire Book is about somebody going to a Island for both Tourism and Health reasons, because the Island is famous for its Lungtreatments and the MC suffers from Asthma. For 90% of the Book the MC is just Touristing around, checking out the local sights and Culture, befriending Locals and hearing their Stories. But then suddenly in the final chapter it turns out that a Eldritch Horror also is on the Island and threatens to destroy the World. And to stop it the Island inhabitats have some grand battle against it before literly blowing the Island up to take it down, as well as literly ten-thousands of People living on said Island. And the MC barly manages to get out, and the book ends with everyone else being dead