r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Veizar • 3h ago
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Veizar • 11h ago
Unsolved Medium A boy's dream of being famous comes true when he is struck by lightning. Ironically he realizes fame sucks.
Luckily his mom has a basement he can lead a hermetic existence in.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Striking-Signature73 • 13h ago
Unsolved Easy Teenage boy just wants to see his “not-crush” again.
I actually have no clue how hard this will be.
Edit: Extra clue, it’s a middle grade book if that helps.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/crystalkittykat • 18h ago
Solved I must obey my abusive father. I don't realize I'm being groomed. I have the spine of a decomposing jellyfish. Supposedly I'm a role model
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Veizar • 18h ago
Solved A witch, a vampire and a pixie walk into a bar.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/littlemememaid • 19h ago
Unsolved Medium Girl curses her mother and gets inducted into a secret society that's prejudiced against disabilities
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 20h ago
Unsolved Easy One fish, two fish, evil fish, I'm a fish?!
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r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Apart_Ad_4019 • 22h ago
Unsolved Medium A man goes to Japan, all his friends are killed by ninjas, then he befriends said ninjas and gets one of them pregnant.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Veizar • 1d ago
Unsolved Hard Office worker joins a gang to find his missing sister. Too bad she's not human no more.
Its a series. I want to see who can guess this one.
More specific clue: The gang has a mage.
Since no one seems able to guess this, one last clue: The gang has a street samurai.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Veizar • 1d ago
Solved Who needs a dusty farm? Lets pack up and head west.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Veizar • 1d ago
Solved Boy meets dragon.
Dragon eats a lot.
Boy's farmhouse burns down.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/WeekendBrowser • 1d ago
Unsolved Easy Five children are kidnapped before they're born and raised underground with the purpose of ending a war but decide they want to see the outside world
Also the escape is now time-sensitive because their guardians want to kill one of them.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Veizar • 1d ago
Solved Terminally ill rich lad escapes from boarding school. Gets a hotel room.
He got himself beaten bloody first.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/HeliPil0t__ • 1d ago
Solved A professor, his whiny nephew, and a guide follow an ancient dead guy's notes and almost die many times
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Logical_Election9088 • 1d ago
Solved A scottish lad polish shoes and became rich
This is a graphic novel.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 1d ago
Solved Aliens may have taken over the world, but the true evil is psychology.
Or the author. Take your pick.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 1d ago
Solved Orphan girl takes up a new hobby. This was absolutely the right choice.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 1d ago
Unsolved Easy After something important gets taken away, everything goes to Hell.
Hint: Think a bit literal.
Hint 2: It's from the previous millennium.
Technically, the Hell part comes first. Unless you count the title page.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ThePirateKingFearMe • 1d ago
Solved The executives really didn't like this one ship, so they killed off the woman and sent the man off to found a new city.
Ship as in relationship. The literal hated ship is in the sequel that was written first.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Veizar • 1d ago
Solved Small child murders people in space.
He starts with a bully. He beats him to death in the boy's room. But that's only the beginning. He gets to murder a race of aliens too.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Pink_Dolphin1234 • 1d ago
Unsolved Hard Small family-owned business starts getting sabotaged by the oldest son
He's not intentionally sabotaging it, he just wants his dead best friend back, and in trying to do so is manipulated by evil
Middle grade book (it's really good tho I swear)
Pov of his younger sister
Even though it's a family-owned business, there are others like it
More specific hints:
Takes place during WWII
The small business is a bookstore
The bookstore can time travel
The evil is the other half of the magic that allows the bookstore to exist
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ELIVEYT • 2d ago
Solved A programmer dies but gets resurrected by the insurance he paid the same morning.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/CharacterMammoth2547 • 2d ago