Novelaria - Read Book, Booktok

The stories I saw were mostly good but the way the app works means you have to spend money and not a tiny amount for each chapter. I’ll be sticking to the apps that don’t charge so much per chapter, have bonuses that actually allow you to read a chapter every few days or even 2-3 times a day by watching ads or other activities. You don’t even have the books you paid to read if the app malfunctions or your tablet/phone/pc breaks down. The cost is far too high. I won’t pay that much for a hardcover edition of my favorite authors so why spend that much for something that can instantly disappear. I love to read but I need food and housing. Not worth the cost.

Honestly it’s too expensive and the bonuses don’t even get you close to opening another chapter. Most apps like this open a new chapter or gives enough engagement opportunities to earn bonus points. With the US heading to recession and the government shut down, spending money on this is extremely low on the needs list.

As much as I would love to talk about the stories and how good they are, I can’t. Why? Because I can’t read them. Why can’t I read them? Because even after watching almost every bonus ad and joining a Facebook group and turning on my notifications, I still don’t have enough coins to read one extra chapter. I even gave a 5-Star review (which I have now changed) in order to get as many of the bonus coins that I can. 199 coins to unlock one chapter??? And I get less than 100 from the bonuses? I rarely write reviews but come on dude. That’s just a scam at this point. I get the marketing but it needs to be more attainable and done more reasonably. Because I’ve had the app downloaded for 20 minutes and I’m already prepared to delete it. What good is getting attached to a story if you can’t read more than five chapters? Those five chapters being the same ones in the ad that made me download it, might I add. Are you only targeting people who have nothing but money and time??? Other people might want to read your stories too, you know.