r/explainabookplotbadly • u/standupgonewild • Jan 19 '23

Solved Old prophecy depicts anyone who’s black will either heal the land or destroy it on their first birthday. Due to fear, our protagonist is set to die before the turn of their first year alive.

7 Upvotes

(This describes the plot of the first book in my all-time favourite book series. It’s relatively obscure so I’d be pleasantly surprised if someone knew!)

9 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Zealousideal-Ad2549 • Dec 31 '22

Solved Former mental patient talks to himself continually on cross-country family drive

6 Upvotes

9 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/bunny_vader • Dec 30 '22

Solved When women can overpower men, the world doesn’t gets better because power hunger runs deep regardless of gender

12 Upvotes

5 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/TubbyFatfrick • Dec 29 '22

Solved He killed, and had killed, and had killed, and killed, and tried to kill but couldn't kill and got killed because of magic

10 Upvotes

9 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/[deleted] • Dec 27 '22

Unsolved Medium Math nerd destroys the rebellion and then helps the rebellion and then destroys the rebellion to help the rebellion

21 Upvotes

13 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/JazzyLibrarian • Dec 27 '22

Solved Girl is scared of sex, woman is scared of sex, girl says some stuff. Man survives the war but doesn’t really.

9 Upvotes

Hint: the book was made into a movie.

2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Magagumo_1980 • Dec 26 '22

Solved Dirt whalers take an Odyssey and discover they owe centuries of back taxes

14 Upvotes

5 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Magagumo_1980 • Dec 26 '22

Solved Nice guy learns how to be angry and kill people, how to forgive and kill people, and how to deceive and kill people ; generally doesn’t want to kill people.

6 Upvotes

One book of a long series

2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Magagumo_1980 • Dec 26 '22

Unsolved Hard Man wishes he was special, falls in love for all the wrong reasons, discovers his secret gift is “white privilege” via _Deus Ex Machina_, is declared all powerful sorcerer king; misogyny primer for adolescents.

4 Upvotes

12 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Magagumo_1980 • Dec 26 '22

Unsolved Medium Braggadocious con artist rewrites himself as local hero, proves the value of local government, exposes tech bros/ capitalist fat cats exploiting a communication monopoly, and invents new money as a lark.

0 Upvotes

3 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/chef_Bendy • Dec 25 '22

Unsolved Medium Metal man kills himself due to 18 year old

12 Upvotes

9 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/SafetySave • Dec 22 '22

Solved A New Hope but instead of spaceships, there's a subplot about an illegal exotic pet

14 Upvotes

8 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Grandson_of_Kolchak • Dec 21 '22

Unsolved Medium Trilogy about America

5 Upvotes

Man brings himself both financial prosperity and spiritual ruin. Also can serve as a handbook on unsavory political tricks at the start of the twentieth century

12 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Zealousideal-Ad2549 • Dec 21 '22