Which book have you read with the most unexpected plot twist?
Which book have you read with the most unexpected plot twist?
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Which book have you read with the most unexpected plot twist?
Behind Her Eyes?
@Samantha reading now
@Samantha who’s the author?
@Samantha I agree!
@Melissa Sarah Pinborough
I agree too!
Unexpected is a word for it..disappointing comes to mind too ?
A Head Full of Ghosts
I read that book quite a while ago and I still think about it
Crazy crazy ending.
This year (so far) it’s Bones Don’t Lie by Melinda Leigh. Was shocked to learn who murdered Mr. Krueger.
@Amanda I just read this one too! Good book! I’m on the next one right now
I love them. Did you read the Scarlett Falls Trilogy.
Devices and Desires by KJ Parker, or Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Eleanor Oliphant
Most recently, The Silent Patient.
The Last Mrs. Parrish
@Michelle loved it
@Michelle I loved that ending
Ugh I don’t know why but I knew where it was going pretty early on and I was so sad that it was kinda ruined for me. I really hoped that I was wrong and it would blow me away. ?
The ending made me happy even though I didn’t expect it!
Jannelle @Jennelle I felt tge exact same way reading the first part of the book. Everyone encouraged me to continue and I am so glad I did.
I’ve just finished reading this and just couldn’t put it down
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North!
@Chelsea I have that in my TBR pile
@Vickie You should read it! You won’t regret it!!!!
Following
Silent Patient
Emily Bleeker, The Waiting Room. The Last Mrs Parrish
Following
Water for Elephants…2 twists at the end!
@Jane really? I just finished that and can’t think of what the twists are!
I adored this book!
Spoiler Alert!@Taryn I was surprised by “who dun it” and what the old man did at the end.
@Maddie
Winter Garden
I wouldn’t say twist, but best “reveal” which was a kind of twist is the last page The Hike by drew magary. One of the best last pages ever.
The Partner by Grisham
Gone Girl
The first that comes to mind is Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
My sisters keeper
by Jodi Piccoult
@Allison this is probably my favorite.
I saw the movie before reading the book and I felt like it ended wrong.
The book is amazing!
@Allison I agree I didn’t see that coming at all. I hated what they did to it in the movie version though far too stereotypical and predictable
Caraval
Behind her eyes. Two twists!
Behind her eyes had the strangest most unexpected plot twist
@Ashley i am not a fan of twists that you 100% cant see coming because its so random ?
Sharp Objects.
A kind worth killing by Peter Swanson
@Darlene ooh I’m reading this atm
@Darlene one of the best books ever
Ink – Alice Broadway
The ending in ‘Hausfrau’ I was shocked and surprised.
I bought that book, but I haven’t read it yet.
@Diane I listened to it in the car and enjoyed it.
The Couple Next Door
@Jessi , reading right now.
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The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
The ending of A Thousand Splendid Suns.
Bring Me Back by BA Paris & Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
Sometimes I Lie and I Let You Go
@Annie I let you go was a fantastic twist! Didn’t expect that x
Katy Reid I had to reread a part in the beginning to see how I was fooled. Before that I didn’t even believe the twist at first. I thought I had misread a section. I should add that I love being fooled in a story. I don’t want to know what is going to happen.
The other woman
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer
The Double Bind
Gone Girl
Behind Her Eyes
Poisonwood Bible
“Fiasko” by Stanislaw Lem.
@Mary I love Lem, wish he was wider known.
I totally agree. Unfortunately, in the USA he is known for his science fiction only.
He also wrote science, philosophy, and literary criticism.
His “Solaris” has a nice and somewhat unexpected ending.
I didnt see the twist in The Last Mrs Parish by Liv Constantine
Behind Her Eyes, Gone Girl, The Other Woman
I let you go
We need to talk about Kevin
The Awakening by Kate Chopin. I was in a hotel room and actually threw the book across the room, I was SO disturbed by the end! (I left it there, too!)
FingerSmith
Every Last One
Broken Heart by Tim Weaver
Woman in cabin 10
Recently, The Silent Patient
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Endless Night by Agatha Christie 🙂
Recently The love letter by Lucinda Riley
The Last Mrs Parrish
We were liars
@Jessica this book fcked me up! ?
Our house. The little stranger
Behind her eyes by Sarah Pinborough
It sounds a bit ‘well, duh’, but a certain Stark’s death in the first Thrones book took me completely by surprise. Yes, I was a fan well before the TV show came out. In fact, being keenly aware of just how dramatic the Thrones’ books were, I was understandably delighted at the prospect of HBO turning it into a series. Still very weird to see how massive the show has become.
@James my husband said the same thing! Complete shock!
The boy with striped pyjamas.
A Gentleman From Moscow….
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough. Still thinking about it years later!
Before We Met, Lucie Whitehouse
@Jill love that book! I don’t know anyone else that has read it!
Nor me, Tonya Cornish, we must be very special! ?
Following
Derailed
After you’d gone
Goldfinch
If I Break
Rebecca
Reading this now, so i’m excited to hear this 🙂
Behind her eyes
bring me back B A @Paris
Behind her Eyes
@Lisa amazing book
I’ll check out Behind her eyes”
I find I usually get plot twists very early on and it’s really annoying!
The Husband’s Secret – Liane Moriarty. I was listening to it on audiobook while driving home from work and had to pull off the road!
@Deb awesome book!
@Deb i don’t even know if I’ve read this…i lose track ?
@Deb omg I haven’t!!! how have i not read this book!!!!
This gives me good incentive to pick it back up. I got halfway through and then gave up!
@Victoria I do too! I was at a used book sale and saw a book I wanted to read but couldn’t remember if I had it or not, so I bought it. When I got home, not only did I own it, I had TWO copies!?
@Deb omg ive done this!!!! bought a book off of Amazon was itching to read it only to find I had already purchased it months before ??
@Victoria – Glad to hear I’m not the only one!
@Deb defo not ?
just read Phantom Limb there was a HUGE twist like a chapter towards the end I was like NOOOOOO
good me bad me. another amazing book defo worth a read
I know my name has a major twist…very good book
Behind Her Eyes
@Kira good one
Where the crawdads sing
@Sheila yay! I’m reading that now!
Yep just what I was going to say..
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The Silent Patient
Defending Jacob
Leaving Time and A God in Ruins
Robert Goddard books have unexpected plot twists, give his books ago
Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters.
Shutter Island by
Dennis Lehane.
Before the movie came out
Between You and Me by Lisa Hall
I let you go by Clare Mackintosh
behind her eyes
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Got to be The Silent Patient
Girl on a Train –
We were Liars
@Shea , Even though that was a young adult book it was a very good book and you talk about a twist
Great book!! One of my favourite ?
CLOSE MY EYES (Sophie McKenzie)
The Silent Patient
Did not see it coming at all!
Verity is up there in top 5 too
@Angela literally just finished this book. Thought was excellent .
@David yes I did too.
I thought The Good Girl had a great unexpected plot twist.
@Lynette I just finished that yesterday! Totally didn’t see it coming
The Thirteenth Tale
Claire Mackintosh and Belinda Bauer books.
Need to Know.
Crawdads and The Silent Patient
‘Only time will tell’ Geoffrey Archer
Silent Patient
Gone Girl
Saving Meghan
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
The Book of M had a great one
Behind her eyes
Has to be Behind Her Eyes ?