Goodreads: Book Reviews

Ich mag es einen Überblick zu haben, was ich bereits gelesen habe und welche Autoren ich mochte. Auch zu sehen was meine Freunde so lesen. Gleichzeitig vermisse ich folgende Funktionen: - Übersetzungsmöglichkeit der Kommentare - dass alle ein Buchtitel kommentieren und nicht nur eins in jeweiliger Sprache (dass es quasi gebündelt wird) - Möglichkeit, interne Notizen für mich zu machen

so eine toll gemachte und inspirierende App – genau auf Lesemäuse abgestimmt. kein verstecktes Abomodell, keine nervige Werbung, nur Bücherregale. wie ein virtueller Buchladen, einfach toll und schon so vielen Menschen empfohlen 🙏🏻

I really love the goodreads app and recommend it to anyone who is a book dragon like me, but the latest ads that keep popping up are quite strange to me - these are often ads for gaming apps or other, and for me they have got nothing to do with the content which is of interest to me.

I’ve been using Goodreads for a while now, and I genuinely love the idea behind it. Keeping track of what I’ve read, organizing my TBR, discovering new books, writing reviews, and seeing what other readers think is exactly what I want from a platform like this. But honestly… Goodreads feels like it’s been frozen in time. The interface feels outdated, navigation is clunky, recommendations often miss the mark, and the entire experience could be so much better. My biggest frustration is the recommendation system. If I give an author one star because I clearly didn’t enjoy their books, please stop recommending that author to me. I’ve rated Patricia Briggs one star because her writing simply isn’t for me, yet Goodreads continues to fill my recommendations with her books just because they share the same genre as authors I actually love. Liking Hidden Legacy or Jacky Leon doesn’t automatically mean I’ll enjoy every urban fantasy series with shifters or magic. Readers don’t just read genres. We read for characters. For writing style. For pacing. For relationship dynamics. For humor. For emotional depth. The recommendation system rarely seems to understand those differences. I also wish Goodreads felt more like a modern reading community. Better recommendations, better filters, more personalization, cleaner design, and an interface that doesn’t feel like it belongs in the early 2000s would make such a huge difference. The frustrating part is that Goodreads already has everything it needs to become an incredible platform. The database is fantastic. The community is huge. The reviews are invaluable. The foundation is already there. It just feels like the platform hasn’t evolved at the same pace as the readers using it. I still use Goodreads every day because I genuinely enjoy tracking my reading and discovering new books. I just wish the app lived up to its own potential.

Goodreads has never been about flashy features or constant updates, but that was part of its charm. The app experience was fairly solid, and the absence of ads made it easy to focus on reading and discovery. Unfortunately, the recent introduction of advertising has disrupted that balance. The ads feel intrusive and take away from what was once a clean, user-friendly experience. For me, this change significantly diminishes the overall quality of the app.

Die App an sich ist super, alles ist übersichtlich, was man ändern könnte wäre das Sterne-/Bewertungssystem. Bis jetzt kann man nur 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Sterne geben, es wäre aber super praktisch wenn man so z.B. halbe Sterne geben könnte. Ich zum Beispiel habe eben King of Envy von Ana Huang beendet und fand, dass es weder ein 4 noch ein 5 Sterne Buch war, nur dadurch dass man keine halben Sterne geben kann, gab ich 4 Sterne ein und so wird ja teilweise das Rating vom Buch in der App an sich verfälscht. Daran könnte man deshalb noch feilen.