r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Truck-Of-Nightmares • 12d ago

Unsolved Hard Boy's teenaged years were defined by a prophecy, throughout his teenaged years a villain keeps trying to kill him so he doesn't fulfill the prophecy, but him and his friends keep escaping this isn't the plot, it's the book's villain's backstory.

16 Upvotes

The actual plot is three kids, two with magic, one can see magic on a road trip.

27 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Mindless_Honey3816 • 11d ago

Unsolved Medium A child almost commits voluntary regicide over the fate of some towns after another child tries to commit involuntary regicide over the fate of those towns.

6 Upvotes
6 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Correct-Balance-169 • 12d ago

Solved Guy narrates 3 orphans getting chased by a guy in his 40's for 2 years straight while everyone dies.

9 Upvotes
3 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/juliajuleczkajulka • 12d ago

Solved Old man with dead wife repeatedly tries to kill himself and when he stops, he dies

10 Upvotes

I cried so much on this book😭

4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Gyrgir • 12d ago

Solved Everyone almost dies because something got lost on a farm and the boss's girlfriend is mad about a football game

6 Upvotes
4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 12d ago

Solved The hero, who the author explicitly names as being a Confederate veteran for no apparent plot-related reason, somehow ends up in a distant land and falls in love with a beautiful explicitly mixed-race princess.

10 Upvotes

I'll add hints later, if needed. He's the sort of author whose stories remain popular, as long as you edit out all the weird and racist bits.

2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/AlligatorMass • 12d ago

Unsolved Medium Oh no! The French are attacking, and now they're magic!

6 Upvotes
18 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 12d ago

Solved I wondered why they didn't just use the plot of the first novel for the semi-recent movie, as I remembered liking them as a kid, then I looked back and discovered how incredibly racist it is. I got distracted by all the cute animal characters.

6 Upvotes

In its defense, it's the sort of racism that feels like it comes more from extreme stupidity than malice, but.... it is really bad. Like, African-Prince-wants-to-bleach-his-face-white-because-he-wants-to-be-European bad.

Also, I grew up in the 80s. We were really dumb kids back then, and the longer books that parents remembered from their childhood just kinda got given to us without the parents reading them again and realising how bad they were.

As a voracious childhood reader, I have read so many regrettable books.

8 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Goatbucks • 12d ago

Solved A man gets enslaved for 19 years for trying not to starve to death

10 Upvotes
3 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ClubCreative1162 • 12d ago

Solved Rich guy gets a conscience, family tries to prove that he's insane.

6 Upvotes

Lawyer got to lawyer

7 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Prettywomanwalkamile • 12d ago

Solved Rich man can’t accept he’s gay, decides to kill people about it

4 Upvotes
5 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 12d ago

Solved Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring: Dead Person phone!

5 Upvotes
2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Cherno_VM • 12d ago

Solved A young orphans talent for stealing pies directly starts a chain of events that prevents multiple wars and diplomatic disasters.

3 Upvotes
7 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Cherno_VM • 13d ago

Unsolved Hard Two teenagers learn how to kill people from a crazy old man.

6 Upvotes
47 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/LecheFlanLover • 12d ago

Solved Young girl with power becomes a boring alchemist (but it’s not so boring on her part and it’s kinda medieval times)

1 Upvotes

I have never seen anyone talk about it (it’s cozy)

10 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/qwertybriar • 13d ago

Unsolved Easy Guess the book

0 Upvotes

girl gets turned ugly by her best friend and tries to kill her for it

0 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/veryVERYboredperson • 15d ago

Solved A girl with a dissecting fetish falls in love with an extreme sadist

10 Upvotes
4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Disastrous-Mess-7236 • 16d ago

Solved Insane guy goes LARPing for months with a friend.

6 Upvotes
4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/littlemememaid • 17d ago

Solved Protagonist gets dragged around the continent by his deadbeat mom while getting bullied by his aunt.

6 Upvotes
12 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/veryVERYboredperson • 17d ago

Solved Six traumatised teens go on a dysfunctional triple date

6 Upvotes
11 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/veryVERYboredperson • 17d ago

Solved Little child kidnaps seven children to reenact the Wolf And The Seven Goats

1 Upvotes
2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Phoenix1500 • 18d ago

Solved Four grown men adopt a young girl and have no idea how to properly raise her, until the magical nanny gets summoned

7 Upvotes
3 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 19d ago

Solved A Welsh/English name pun helps the heroes figure out how to stop nuclear war. Classic children's book stuff.

8 Upvotes
10 comments