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Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 13/02/2023 19:54

Thank you @Dashie …. (Wanders off to kindle land)

Dashie · 13/02/2023 19:50

Fingersmith and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd are both 99p on kindle!

Arguelikeagrownup · 13/02/2023 19:35

EarringsandLipstick · 11/02/2023 21:01

I'm sorry, but this a) had a 'twist' I saw in a iou chapter 3 and b) was one of the most repugnant books I've ever read. Hate would be too slight a word for what I felt. (I could say a lot more but it would definitely ruin it for anyone who does want to read it!)

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I felt exactly the same.

Crikeyalmighty · 13/02/2023 19:19

Fingersmith- ha- I had to re read the previous chapter to see if I had missed something!! I stayed up till 6am one night and read it all!!

Sarah walters- Affinity- another cracking twist in the tale

EyePredictorRiot · 13/02/2023 19:10

Another vote for The Silent Patient! Thanks for the recommendations so far 📚

PuppyMonkey · 13/02/2023 19:04

I think if you’re watching or reading something you KNOW has a twist coming, it’s not actually an “unexpected twist.”

Reminds me of when The Sixth Sense came out and my sister said I should go and see it, it has a great twist at the end. So I watched the first five minutes knowing there was going to be a big twist at the end and wondering what it could be… bloody worked the whole thing out. Before the opening credits had even finished from what I remember.

Movinghouseatlast · 13/02/2023 19:01

The Goldfinch by Donna Tart
A Fatal Inversion Ruth Rendell

Both made me gasp out loud.

JoonT · 13/02/2023 18:58

Great Expectations. If you don’t know the story, the plot twist is a massive shock. You can’t beat the classics. Anything that has stood the test of time is worth reading.

WhoAteMyBiscuit · 13/02/2023 18:47

A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon had a good twist! The narrator plays everything so simply but then you realise what she's done and it's brilliantly dark!

Cloud Cuckoo Land is very different but I loved the twist with one of the characters, didn't see it coming at all.

Thanks to other posters for their recommendations, I am making a list for my next trip to the library!

Halsall · 13/02/2023 18:46

'The Expendable Man' by Dorothy B Hughes, a 1963 novel. It’s a corker. The twist is so clever. But you can’t give it away to anyone who hasn’t read it!

Whyisitdarkalready · 13/02/2023 18:40

The day we disappeared by Lucy Robinson is fantastic and I ended up reading it a second time after finishing it the first time due to the twists.

The man who didn't call by Rosie Walsh. Brilliant twist.

Spanielsarepainless · 13/02/2023 18:40

The Breakers by Claudie Gallay
The Way the Crow Flies by Laura Hill
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

OttersMayHaveShiftedInTransit · 13/02/2023 18:34

The Judas Child by Carol O’Connell

stayathomer · 13/02/2023 18:33

Anything by Kathryn Croft, B A Paris or Andrea Mara ! (All thrillers all amazing at ‘no way!’ moments! Oh and Gone girl if you’ve never read or seen the movie!

Bionesque · 13/02/2023 18:32

Atonement

beguilingeyes · 13/02/2023 18:31

A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin, who also wrote Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives. The twist comes midway through the book and is really shocking.
More recently Tamar by Mal Peet. The ending turns everything you thought about the book upside down.

StillSmallVoice · 13/02/2023 18:30

The Editor's Wife by Clare Chambers, or Lessons in Chemistry

LozzaChops101 · 13/02/2023 18:28

Another one for Fingersmith here!

Twoshoesnewshoes · 13/02/2023 18:27

Klara and the sun
brilliant twist

Lifesyoungdream · 13/02/2023 18:21

tealgate · 11/02/2023 21:12

We are all completely besides ourselves.....

The best book and I've passed it on to so many people

I didn’t enjoyed this book and was really annoyed at the twist.

yasnayapolyana · 13/02/2023 18:18

Golden Hill by Francis Spufford. A brilliant twist and a profound one! This book is one of my favourites. Witty, fast-paced, sharp and entertaining. Still waiting for it to be turned into a film.

RaininginDarling · 12/02/2023 01:24

God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson.

The last third blew my mind. I still think about it
years later

Read Life After Life first though.

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 12/02/2023 01:07

Lies by t m Logan (what if you whole
life was based on lies)

pennysays · 12/02/2023 01:04

Eileen - Ottessa moshfegh , I listened to the audio book and the narration was excellent and I absolutely did not see the end coming.

Tirednest · 12/02/2023 00:51

EarringsandLipstick · 11/02/2023 21:01

I'm sorry, but this a) had a 'twist' I saw in a iou chapter 3 and b) was one of the most repugnant books I've ever read. Hate would be too slight a word for what I felt. (I could say a lot more but it would definitely ruin it for anyone who does want to read it!)

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Ha! I enjoyed it. Looking forward to the movie.