Saw a post talking about how satisfying it is when a book plants all the clues so subtly that you don’t notice them at first but then everything clicks at the end and it feels both shocking and inevitable.
Looking for book recs that do this really well. Any genre is fine but I want that “wait, it was all there the whole time” feeling.
Note: can’t attach images, but if you’re curious, this was what the whole post said
“foreshadowing done well makes me go feral like there’s NOTHING better than getting to the end of a book or an important storyline moment and realising that the author laced information so intricately into their writing that weren’t noticeable upon first read but when you read back sections they’re like giant red flags like wow writing is amazing
My favorite moment is the split second where it clicks and you really didn’t see it coming but you look back and all the hints and clues are there, the whole book has been leading you to this inevitable conclusion. You had some vague idea but you wouldn’t have guessed This.”
by hphgghrox