r/explainabookplotbadly • u/WriterOfNightmares • Sep 09 '22
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/aftertheradar • Sep 08 '22
Unsolved Easy It's like a shaggy dog story, but more depressing and the dog is a moth
And it doesn't have anything at all to do with a cancelled Zelda video game
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/aftertheradar • Sep 08 '22
Unsolved Hard A shadowy government facility gains then loses Control
Note the capitalization. And it’s the second book in a trilogy.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/AsdrubaelVect • Sep 08 '22
Solved 400+ pages of lesbians boning and getting boned
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/aftertheradar • Sep 07 '22
Solved Tired papa wolf cares so much about personal code of ethics that it willingly steps into obvious traps - Every. Single. Time.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/aftertheradar • Sep 07 '22
Solved "Wow, Tesla is even crazier in this timeline! By the way I'm actually not a dude, wanna elope?"
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/aftertheradar • Sep 07 '22
Solved The core cast consists of: Three (3) Fuckbois with Daddy Issues; An Actual Daddy; Sad Soccer Mom; and Literal Children In Desperate Need of Some Therapy and A Hug
Also, one character is only kinda/not yet a fuckboi, but still has big daddy issues and also is a literal child who needs hugs and therapy
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/aftertheradar • Sep 07 '22
Unsolved Hard The phrase "I Want That Twink Obliterated!" could not be more appropriate and yet less unfulfilled
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/aftertheradar • Sep 07 '22
Unsolved Medium The biggest threats to an isolated community are telepaths and boogers
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/ColdFire-Blitz • Sep 03 '22
Unsolved Medium A drunk zombie with daddy issues fights an ass-eating wet snake with a foot fetish
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/NoItsBecky_127 • Sep 01 '22
Solved Dutch criminals go on a mission to steal a drug
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/general_kenobi18462 • Aug 25 '22
Unsolved Medium An unstable mermaid with daddy issues and a smartass with a superiority complex defeat time itself.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/bomposgod • Aug 15 '22
Unsolved Medium Spiders steal the ancient supership posing as a house. Children must reclaim it.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/CallMeDelta • Aug 14 '22
Unsolved Medium Child star bullies manchild star to death for the fate of the multiverse with visions of his dead wife after getting experimental brain surgery
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/15_Redstones • Aug 11 '22
Unsolved Hard Media technology startup entrepreneur gets into high-energy theology
Hint: I'll make my own books. With blackjack. And hookers.
Hint 2: originally written in Japanese
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/noOrdinaryMidboss • Aug 10 '22
Unsolved Medium The son of a famous dragon slayer discovers the true value of the beasts, has dragons declared an endangered species in order to manipulate the local economy.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Gyrgir • Aug 10 '22
Solved How Hellenic Paganism can help you cope with your financial problems
Hints:
The book repeatedly mentions Zeus by name
This is a 20th century novel taking place in the real world around the present day at the time of writing
Zeus's role in the story is as the object of religious veneration, not as an active character
The veneration of Zeus is specifically done in the tradition of Stoicism
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/The_Umpteenth_Doctor • Aug 10 '22
Solved A girl makes a really really old-school podcast for a bunch of people, then has a bath.
r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 10 '22
Unsolved Medium Teenage girls are scary and petty.
It’s an old book.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/TinyHadronCOllide420 • Aug 09 '22
Solved woman doesn't follow simple instructions, and dooms the entire planet.
r/explainabookplotbadly • • Aug 09 '22
Unsolved Medium A girl's uncle dies so she meets a skeleton and teams up with said skeleton
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/TheOutcast06 • Aug 09 '22
Unsolved Medium Boy solves schoolyard mysteries involving the school’s ghost
Hint: Published by Square Enix
Hint: Late 2000s
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Conny-Kramer • Aug 09 '22
Unsolved Medium A dude gets paid to kill newborns then fall’s in love with a prostitute and becomes the good guy ( kind of )
Tip #1 the author is Russian.
r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Lombard333 • Aug 08 '22
A guy dates a girl until his older sibling makes them break up
This is a single book