Hello, fellow bibliophiles!
I’ve been on the hunt for a decent Goodreads alternative for a few years now and was curious as to what the fine folks of the Lemmyverse thought of Bookwyrm.
There are so many GR alternatives that are clearly trying to be “The New Goodreads”, though the whole reason I wanted an alternative is because I’m sick of GR and its devolution into a commercialized, biased, and messy shithole. Like, if I wanted recommendations and feckless reviews straight from the putrid inner bowels of Tiktok, I’d go to Tiktok. And most of these alternatives seem to quickly turn into the same thing. I refuse to believe that GR and its copycats are our only viable option.
Bookwyrm seems promising. It’s been a bit clunky and I’m still figuring it out, but I’m enjoying the utter lack of sponsored or “pushed” content. So, thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions?
Both storygraph and bookworm are good, if you just want tracking. If you also use goodreads for recommendations, ratings and reviews, then GR is the only option. No other place has the same user base
I think that’s what I’m essentially looking for at this point. I used to love GR for the reviews, but I guess I’ve just reached my saturation point with the platform in general.
And I so wanted to like Storygraph, but it kept crashing on me. :(