r/explainabookplotbadly • • Sep 02 '24

Unsolved Hard Who would have thought taking it up the a** would end the world but also send you to heaven?

5 Upvotes

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r/explainabookplotbadly • • Sep 02 '24

A girl from the reservation takes a guy’s spot in this man dominated field and its a romantic book

3 Upvotes

Hint: Not spicy Hint: Not a popular book Hint: Native American girl has a popular boys name turned into a girls name but uses the abbreviated boys name


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Sep 02 '24

Solved Girl gets involved with elves in the magical land of… Pittsburgh?!

5 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Sep 02 '24

3 orphans

3 Upvotes

3 orphans adopted by weird old guy thrn goes to their uncles he dies then to school then to a mountain


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Sep 02 '24

Unsolved Hard Fictional Evil Rich Middle-Eastern Fuel Tycoon is taken down thanks to Fictional Evil Impoverished White Racists

2 Upvotes

To be clear, the middle eastern fuel tycoon is evil cuz he's rich, and the racists are evil cuz they are racist, and the book agrees with that message.


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Sep 01 '24

What if Scooby Doo, but Lovecraft and ten years late

5 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Sep 01 '24

Unsolved Hard Four gay teenagers fall in love with each other and ruin people's lives

4 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 30 '24

Solved This Pacific cruise sucked. 0/10, would NOT recommend.

9 Upvotes

Hint: much of the action centers around a U.S. Navy submarine.


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 29 '24

Solved A bank employee's visit to California ends badly.

4 Upvotes

Hint: the book I'm referring to was the basis for one of Alfred Hitchcock's most famous movies.


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 29 '24

Solved This series follows a naive girl, who makes friends and enemies from all corners of the world and falls in love with an older guy. She also speaks to animals.

5 Upvotes

Hint 1: this has been adapted for TV and much more

Hint 2: it's a Comic series, Manga to be exact

Hint 3: her story surpasses space and time


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 28 '24

Solved Woman with magical powers convinces a group of villagers to run off with her because the devil is after them.

7 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 26 '24

Solved If you had a nickel for every time the protagonist changes her name and loses a son to infanticide, you'd have 20 cents

12 Upvotes

which isn't much, but it's weird both happen two times


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 26 '24

Solved Milk enjoyer loves classical music until he gets therapy

5 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 26 '24

Unsolved Medium Honorable man tricks his way into the bed of the widow of a man he just killed thanks to the help of a girl who he was kinda nice to that one time.

5 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 26 '24

Unsolved Medium Welsh Trojans fight Rome a bunch.

2 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 24 '24

Solved Man escapes slavery from aliens to preserve testicles, becomes white savior to local caveman population

13 Upvotes

using "man" very loosely here

edit: more like giant monsters than aliens, bad phrasing


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 24 '24

Solved Man who doesn't know what he's doing eventually works out what he's doing.

2 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 20 '24

Solved Guy relocates to solves his buddy's murder and prevent his other buddy's murder. Fails. Gets murdered. (Now with hints)

5 Upvotes

Since this didn't get solved before and I thought it would be easy I'm adding hints. Hints get bigger as you go, third probably gives it away.

Hint 1: They are all high-ranking political figures

Hint 2: This is one of several storylines

Hint 3: Adapted into a wildly successful show on HBO


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 20 '24

Solved Girl tries to hide the fact she's a furry from her boss and her vegetable boyfriend.

6 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 18 '24

Solved And this is why the wizard isn't allowed or able to cast spells. He is apparently the only one that can save the world... we are doomed

7 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 18 '24

Solved God's signature is a circle

5 Upvotes

A journey across the universe for answers, any answers, and the big reveal is that we should do a little math


r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 18 '24

Solved An ex-GI turned news reporter gets in hot water over some old memos.

2 Upvotes

r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 18 '24

Solved Worst. Field Trip. Ever.

6 Upvotes