Goodnovel Reviews 53

What a scam!!!
This app is a total rip off
You have to pay for every chapter and even if you subscribe you don’t end up with enough coins to actually read multiple chapters a day
The stories are catchy but show no end in sight
Chapter 391, like wth🤦🏽‍♀️
Someone please report them to the BBB or start a class action so we can get our money back

My wife originally purchased coins but somehow ended up getting subscribed. Since I did it directly through the website I could not cancel the service through Apple or Google. They now are taking out two charges weekly and I’ve had to cancel my bank card to stop the payments. The payments are small enough to not stand out but over time have cost me hundreds of dollars. Our bank is fighting to get some of the money back. It is almost impossible to find contact information, emails go unanswered. I would avoid this service.

Of course The Alpha’s Contract is my first book. I am hooked to the interactive, immersive sounds. It really helps me disconnect when I need to. I love the updates and the shorter wait times! there are so many more options and I love how organized everything is now. I've been using this app for over 5 years and it just keeps getting better

Goodnovel will let you pay for coi ns, but there is a catch. If you are attempting to read a short story you have to subscribe. Something they don't tell you up front. I paid for coins because I don't want to to subscribe. I'll pay to read but not weekly because I may not read another story for several weeks, sometimes, months. I believe the authors should be paid but there are several companies that have underhanded practices, in my opinion. This is one app that won't get more of my money...

It took me a month to read the story and after 868 Chapters with hundreds of advertisements to advance, I was left with guessing the conclusion.

Even if you get coins to unlock chapters for free. Some chapters are almost 40 coins. Also, some books have chaotic and fractured segments. Characters are mixed up. Or, worse still, the next chapter you unlock is just a duplicate of the last. But, it STILL uses your coins. Whether they were bonis or paid. No chance of reimbursement either!

Such a rip off and I feel both stupid and suckered. Spent $45 to read what feels like a Dickensian romance serial soaking me for every penny, only to have the plot go in circles endlessly. I’d NEVER spend that much on an actual, published novel (either paperback or digital) and it would at least have some coherent(ish) plot and definitive end. This app is so misleading. Tried it twice. Almost as disgusted with myself for giving it another go as I am with the the app itself.

This is just a con to suck as much money as possible. The books are not complete and when they do update they start again at chapter 1 and charge you again for what you have already read, this is easy for them as you can’t see your coins disappear. When I tried to complain I was put in touch with an iPad expert for only £1 for 3 days or £39 a month, I’ve paid enough

Scam company - likely Chinese using AI to devise crappy but intriguing stories that eventually you have to pay for and then that payment gives you a few pages at most before you need to make another payment. Honestly, people behind this must be soulless - it’s so tiring when businesses don’t understand the simple principle that when you provide more than expected you generate more business. Enough said

How do you cancel this rip off?

What a rip off!! Really want to finish the book, but I'm already £40 in and only half way through the book.

GoodNovel purports to be free. It is if you can wade through about 20 ads ro get the 8 free chapters a day. Then of course you need to what the appropriate amount of time to get the 8 chapters but the time keeps changing. I am hooked on this one story. It might take me a year to get to the end but it will be the only book I read. I will delete the app as soon as it is done.

I tried to read a book. 326 chapters and $60 with no end in site. Waste of time and money

This is, without question, one of the most disappointing apps I have encountered. The cost to unlock individual chapters is exorbitant and wildly disproportionate to their value—at the same price, one could easily purchase several full-length books. Additionally, the subscription model is misleading: rather than providing access for the stated duration, it merely unlocks a limited number of chapters. To compound the confusion, the app offers multiple overlapping subscriptions that begin and end simultaneously, a structure that is both illogical and unnecessarily complicated.

Awful scam site! Started reading and got to chapter 14 then it wouldn't let me read any further without purchasing coins. I purchased £9.99 worth with haven't appeared on my account and now its taken me vack to chapter 12 so if the coins do ever turn up I have to pay from there. Daylight robbery

One of the worst apps I have used for reading.poor quality writing. I spent over 100 pounds for a book which stopped 3/4 of the way as they said it’s not been completed! Can you imagine??!! It’s a big big scam! DO NOT download it!

It’s a straight up scheme. It advertises that you can download the book for free, but it’s a pay per tiny chapter scam. It would cost over $100 to read one book. It’s insane!

What a rip off!! You need to keep buying coins to read, and it gets super expensive for a single book! It’s not worth the money. Don't bother with this app - stick to kindle, it’s better value!

Total con don't be sucked in, they lure you with free chapters then when you are invested you will pay through the nose to keep going...

While the novel I am reading is enjoyable the site is rubbish it will take me months to read it for free and and to pay is extortionist far above what you would pay outright for the book. Unfortunatley I cant find the book im reading anywhere as I would buy it. These sitez reel you in with a good amount of chapters free then the cost comes in or your constantly warching ads to get coins to read for free on the whole waste of time reading from this site