I wouldn’t exactly describe the first 80% as “normal” but a good example of the end of a book really going off the deep end is Earthlings by Sayaka Murata. It’s an excellent “wtf did I just read” book.
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*The Ferryman* by Justin Cronin
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Any of Delilah S Dawson’s adult horror novels
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Going with the question as it’s asked: the first chapter of Cadwell Turnbull’s “The Lesson” seems like it’s going to be more of character driven family drama set in the Virgin Islands.
Then the aliens arrive…
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Arthur C Clarke has some short stories that completely reframe the story in a sentence or a couple paragraphs.
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A Better World by Sarah Langan
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The Trees by Percival Everett starts off like any story about big town cops going to a small town to investigate basically a locked room murder, you can tell it’s a satirical take from the off but the ending…
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I can’t remember when things start getting weird but maybe “Nine Perfect Strangers” by Liane Moriarty
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You meant last 20 percent
I wouldn’t exactly describe the first 80% as “normal” but a good example of the end of a book really going off the deep end is Earthlings by Sayaka Murata. It’s an excellent “wtf did I just read” book.
*The Ferryman* by Justin Cronin
Any of Delilah S Dawson’s adult horror novels
Going with the question as it’s asked: the first chapter of Cadwell Turnbull’s “The Lesson” seems like it’s going to be more of character driven family drama set in the Virgin Islands.
Then the aliens arrive…
Arthur C Clarke has some short stories that completely reframe the story in a sentence or a couple paragraphs.
A Better World by Sarah Langan
The Trees by Percival Everett starts off like any story about big town cops going to a small town to investigate basically a locked room murder, you can tell it’s a satirical take from the off but the ending…
I can’t remember when things start getting weird but maybe “Nine Perfect Strangers” by Liane Moriarty
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