The phrase "meandering plot" refers to a story or narrative that does not have a clear or direct path. It tends to wander or take detours, making it longer or more confusing than necessary.
Sentences with «meandering plot»
The novel follows two separate meandering plot lines and two main characters, both sympathetic young women harboring secrets that connect their fates. (bookbrowse.com)
But the drive toward narrative, and an art audience's fascination with stories, has resurfaced in recent years, often in video, but perhaps more evocatively in installations, which invite comparisons with developments in contemporary fiction — shuffled chapters, meandering plot lines, mash - ups of genres, and elusive or unreliable narrators. (artnews.com)
I can see why the meandering plot and the overall slacker tone would annoy a lot of people. (metacritic.com)