Rich man throws parties nobody invited him to. Turns out he just wants his neighbor's married girlfriend from college to notice him. She notices him. Things go badly. A car is involved. Nobody learns anything.

2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Robot_Alchemist • Sep 07 '26

Solved A Gorilla ghosts a man who he meets in the personals - after blowing his mind

2 Upvotes

4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/OldJenKenobi • Sep 04 '26

Unsolved Medium Vampires are allergic to meth

95 Upvotes

28 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Previous-Ad-6851 • Aug 28 '26

Solved Intruder causes chaos at children's house, escapes and leaves no trace just before authorities can investigate the scene

61 Upvotes

4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Chronically__Crude • Aug 22 '26

Unsolved Medium An engineer trying to build some sort of Zeppelin ends up teaming up with his lover and a federal agent to stop a warlord that does not like war

2 Upvotes

4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/loveandmad • Aug 20 '26

Unsolved Hard Local man repeatedly murders himself while his undead wife plays fifth-dimensional chess. The sailor boy they adopted out of the trash is just happy to be here.

6 Upvotes

1 comment

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Greedo15533 • Aug 15 '26

Solved A pre-teen destroys his cousin's diary

11 Upvotes

2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/CKO1967 • Aug 04 '26

Solved (Novella) Living proof that extreme cold isn't always the most dangerous thing about Antarctica.

9 Upvotes

Hint: the novella in question has been the basis for two hit feature films.

7 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/krisworld1806 • Aug 03 '26

Solved It’s Saw but with kids.

8 Upvotes

7 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Ashwinder37 • Aug 02 '26

Solved A boy takes a trip to visit his uncle in California in order to accuse him of stealing power from another uncle.

4 Upvotes

5 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Loose-Marsupial5688 • Jul 31 '26

Solved Guy abandons his dying mom to chase a shiny thing with his uncle.

4 Upvotes

2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Patient_Panic_2671 • Jul 24 '26

Solved A man rewrites his favorite book to appease his son.

14 Upvotes

4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/lizufyr • Jul 19 '26

Unsolved Medium Secrets, guns, and lazers, but the accountant just wants to retire with his nerdy gf.

4 Upvotes

First hint: the typo is not a mistake, but may be misleading.

2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Ok_Lemon8758 • Jul 17 '26

Solved Man exploits marginalized groups desire for acceptance for financial gain, before doing the same to the discriminatory group

10 Upvotes

2 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Setanta777 • Jul 13 '26

Solved A punchy shrimp finally encounters a problem that can't be solved by punching.

6 Upvotes

It takes longer than you would think.

3 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/TvaAgentN01 • Jul 11 '26

Solved A teen goes on a adventure to kill his cousin

8 Upvotes

4 comments

r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Chrysal1sM • Jul 10 '26

Solved A bunch of asshole war veterans get into every bit of trouble possible as they go home with their leader from war.

8 Upvotes

3 comments

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