I don't know why I tried to read this post while I was eating. *chokes a bit* This is great.
HOOKS FOR HANDS!
I know exactly which book I'd nominate for single worst plot twist I've ever read, except I can't remember the title or author; it was a used bookstore acquisition and straight back to the used bookstore it went. But it was a typical mediocre '80s-type high fantasy, with two warring kingdoms and main characters on a quest, blah blah, that culminated in a battle in which a bunch of people died.
.... and then a unicorn came along and put its horn in the river and made it into MAGIC HEALING WATER that brought all the dead people back to life, and made everyone in both kingdoms suddenly want to stop fighting and reconcile. (I will at least say that the healing powers had been suggested earlier in the book, but ... just ... no.)
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HOOKS FOR HANDS!
I know exactly which book I'd nominate for single worst plot twist I've ever read, except I can't remember the title or author; it was a used bookstore acquisition and straight back to the used bookstore it went. But it was a typical mediocre '80s-type high fantasy, with two warring kingdoms and main characters on a quest, blah blah, that culminated in a battle in which a bunch of people died.
.... and then a unicorn came along and put its horn in the river and made it into MAGIC HEALING WATER that brought all the dead people back to life, and made everyone in both kingdoms suddenly want to stop fighting and reconcile. (I will at least say that the healing powers had been suggested earlier in the book, but ... just ... no.)