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(I wonder will anyone bash me for this lol. Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong too!)

Well, I noticed a lot of people wasn't happy with the fact that the BL novels were placed under the Female Lead section. I can see why. I'm neutral towards this but it did cause some confusion for me when I was looking up for new novels to vote.

I get people want to either shift the BL novels to the Male Lead section or, just make a new section entirely and name it LGBTQ+. Honestly, I do too. (And yus, I understand there's a tag for it once you click for more info)

I don't know do any of the staff monitors the forum section here (probably do) but, there is a suggestion discussion in the forum for a reason.

Taking your complaints to the review section isn't exactly the right place to do so. All I wanted to see was a REVIEW for the book. Not a list of suggestions asking the staff to shift the LGBTQ+ genres away from the Female Lead section.
(I also know someone said they will delete their review once the staff does something about it.)

So here I am just making a suggestion, will you guys please add a LGBTQ+ section specially for this genre?

Same bugs/problem as everyone else~
[Inbox Section]
- In the previous versions, within the inbox section, "Notifications" is meant to be only for notifying users such as they won Spirit Stones, earned new Badges or they had level up right? But now, all the normal "Messages" which are the - notifications about who replied/liked your comment has been shifted to "Notifications" category instead.

• So basically, within the "Messages" tab in the Inbox, users will only see "No messages yet".

• Alright, I just noticed within the "Notifications" tab, right at the very top there's a part for "System Notifications". I suppose it's to address these stuffs: [Spirit Stones, earned new Badges or they had level up]. Then what's the "Messages" part for now then? I find sticking to the previous design/layout is better. Since currently, I don't see the point for "Messages" to exist if everything is cramped within "Notifications".

[Coupon]
- There's now a coupon showing up in "My Items". Quite enjoy it. Basically allows me to choose a book to "Redeem" and read for free for 2 hours. It expires on 30 May.
- I didn't see any "Apply" button for the coupon since I can just directly use it. :0

Now here's the question: Will there be more coupons? It's a one-time usage right? Meaning once two hours is up, it will disappear?

[What I've noticed]
- So...I've noticed that now there's a change in the comment section. Previously, when you try to access other users' replies to your own comment, it will just direct you to the comment section and you'll have to slowly scroll and find those messages. Now, it directly moves to the top of the comment section (with a border that separates both the top comments and the specific comment that you click from your Inbox). Cool.
- Now an edit button will still be appreciated. X'D

[Question]
- How do you apply for coupons? :0

Phone Details:
Oppo R9s, CPH1607, 6.0.1 (Android Ver)
Internet: Wifi
From: Singapore

[Library Page]
Now there’s a minute tracker at the very top of the library page, makes it easier for readers to see how long they’ve already read. U-U At least I don’t need to switch back and forth between my library page and my earn rewards page.
I’ve also noticed the spacings between each book widen yet again lol. Gonna take some time to get use to it...

[Inside the book’s toolbar function]
I like the new toolbar functions but yet again, I have to take some time to adapt to the new user interface. The transition and time it takes for the toolbar is smooth and fast.
I will review the General part then the Display part.

[Voting for the book icon]
Usually, you can only vote the book by either at the main library page or when you read till the end of the chapter. But this time you can directly vote through the toolbar…easier access I suppose. (Though I personally vote directly from the library page.)

[Audio]
Well…I usually do read over audios. The audio’s voice feels very dead and flat. You can adjust the playback speed to the speed you prefer, adjust the pitch to be either low or high and there’s also a sleep timer.
So, if you’re ever afraid you’ll sleep due to the bland and flat voice of the audio, then set your sleep timer! :D

[Night/Dark Mode]
Previously, many people complain about this mode due to the font being unreadable (too grey or background’s darkness is way too dark for liking). Seems like they fixed it this time, it isn’t too dark nor is it unreadable like before. Plus you can really feel the difference switching in and out of the Night Mode. (My eyes hurt Q.Q)

[Content Page]
Nothing much to say except for the fact it’s easier to see if the lock chapter is really locked or unlock.

[Downloading the Novel Chapters]
When I tried to download a book, it will show which percentage is it at now (E.g. 20%). But when I exit the book and re-enter to check the download percentage, it doesn’t appear. Instead, you can only check the progress which is the moving blue bar). Other than that, there isn’t any more problems.

[Viewing the Comments]
This page takes a very long time to load just to view the comments. It will just load forever and ever and not even load the page. (Unless I exit and try again). This time, they seem to show the exact (or approx.) number of comments in a certain chapter instead of 99+. But this isn’t what we really want…
One suggestion I’ve been asking for a long time: Please let us edit our comments instead of only replying or deleting it! Q_Q

[Display]
Yeet. My favourite part! Changing the background colour! Been waiting for it~ No complains for this one. Can also switch to night mode through the Displays.
There’re more reading fonts. Yay~

[Brightness]
So this time you can use either your phone’s brightness or the app’s own brightness setting. Works perfectly fine. Just that, while it (sometimes) adjust to my phone’s brightness, when I exit the book, the brightness changes in the library page.

[Reading mode]
In case you guys can’t find it…it’s right below the Display tab.

[Suggestion for Display or the General Tabs]
So, I’ve noticed the voting icon right on the General tab. Then what about the gifting icon? Since the voting icon, rating & gifting icon is still at the end of the chapter, then why include the voting icon in the toolbar? Why not just squeeze everything in there? XD I rather replace the voting icon with the gifting icon in the toolbar.

(I think majority voted for the books directly in the library main page instead of the book itself.)

[Brightness for Comics]
I see no point for this function when you can just adjust it using your own phone’s brightness :P

[Novel Review new Function]
Maybe I am blind or just totally clueless but…I do not see a ‘pin’ button. Is this feature only available for original authors? Would make sense if it is.

[Bugs]
Sometimes when reading, the screen will flash black then white then finally, forcefully exit back to the library page. App freezes sometimes too while using.

[Some Suggestions]
Perhaps add in a new tab in the "Earn Rewards" list, a tracker for people to see how many friends they have already invited and they can claim the rewards easier through there? So a tracker like the "Reading Time" where a certain mark is hit/reached, rewards will be given out.

[Overall]
I like/enjoy the new functions (especially the color background) and the improvement of the Night Mode... I don't use Inkstone so no reviews on that section.

[Info]
Phone: Oppo R9s
ColorOS: V3.0.0i
Android Ver: 6.0.1
Internet: Wifi
From: Singapore

This is just my review and experience of using the beta testing. I did tried to find some bugs but I didn't encounter any o3o. (Besides the need of tapping certain links twice for it to work...)

[Layout in Main Page]
So the new version’s main page design was almost totally revamped into a new design. Split into three sections with “Recommended”, “Novel” and “Comics”.
I will just talk about my views in order from “Recommended -> Novel -> Comics”. Previously, the top most part of the app includes a search bar, a banner slider for all sorts of information. Along with four tiny icons representing: Genre, Ranks, What’s Next and Comics.

[First Row in Recommendations tab, Editor’s Choice & Writing Prompt]
On the first row, let’s talk about the links to “Editor’s Choice” and “Writing Prompts”. I’ve noticed this problem quite frequently and that is, whenever we click the link to the novel through “Editor’s Choice” or “What to Read”, it actually links us to another page (still within the app) only, you aren’t login in it. Which spells kind of an inconvenient thing for us users as we would then have to go to the search bar, search it up and add the book in from there. (This isn’t really a big deal but if it can be solved, it’s good too. If not, it’s fine either way.)
Whereas the link for the “Writing Prompts” directly links you to the forum discussion page instead of linking you to another page where you aren’t login. :D

[Second Row in Recommendations tab, Highly Recommended]
Like the Section Title, it’s a place where books are highly recommended for users to read. You can either directly just scroll left to view or click on the mini book icons on top and should you ever want to view more information about the book, it will just enlarge into a bigger tab (? How do you explain this xD). You can just directly scroll left and view the other books’ information too. How convenient.
Alright, I’m not sure is this a bug or not. But when I click and view “National School Prince Is A Girl”, the overlay tab appears. Yet when I exit the overlay tab, instead of staying at the same book, it directly jumps to “His Genius Wife is a Superstar”.
Also, clicking on the mini book icons sometimes doesn’t work and only tends to work when I click it for the second or third time.

[Third Row and Fourth Row in Recommendations tab, For Newcomers & Completed]
Actually, I was wondering. Why not combine the two rows into one? Recommending popular & completed books to newcomers! :D
Though even if both are separated, there’s more of a freedom in choosing I guess…oO. Don’t really have much thoughts to say for these two sections.

[Fifth Row in Recommendations tab, Council of Bookworms]
Actually, I do not see a point in wasting a row just to insert the “Council of Bookworms” here. I mean, usually people wouldn’t scroll all the way down just to find it. (Especially for old-timers who are already using the app - at least for me). Wouldn’t it be better to just include it right at the top where the “Editor Choice” & “Writing Prompts” is located at? Since the first row can be counted as more of a ‘Latest News’ row.
You can save more space and include more recommendations for the books in Newcomers & Completed too!

[Sixth Row in Recommendations tab, Selected Comics]
Do not have much thoughts about this section either.

[Seventh Row in Recommendations tab, Limited Free]
To be honest…I love this section the most. Why? The title says it all! :D [I’m too broke to read! Q_Q]
While there is a time limit, at least we get to read it for free right? No complains here! Though am just wondering that the novels that had already appeared once, will it appear again? Or is it a one-time thing for all novels that appeared once?
Also, I’m sure majority (or probably) of us are very, very interested in this section in the latest update/testing the most. So, just a tiny suggestion. Why not switch this and place it on the second row and replace the “Highly Recommended” row? And push the other sections down. So it will be: Latest News/Events -> Limited Free -> Highly Recommended -> For Newcomers -> Completed -> Selected Comics -> Power Ranking -> New -> Popular

[Eighth, Ninth, Tenth Row in Recommendations tab, Power Ranking, New, Popular]
I think both the section “Power Ranking” and “Popular” should just be together. As in place in such a row: New -> Power Ranking -> Popular
Just a preference :P

[Overall]
Overall, I find the recommendations tab to be quite…interesting? Though there are some spaces where you can save it or switch some sections about and place it in different row. Since people would probably be more interested in viewing the Latest Events/News. So placing “Limited Free” right at the top would be easier and nicer too.

[Second Tab, Novel]
This be the next review about the Novel tab. By the way, I’m sure everyone noticed the filter option beside the search icon, right? It’s to filter Female and Male lead novels. Makes things more convenient for readers who wants to focus on which gender lead easier. :D

[First Row in Novel, New Ongoing Release]
This tab works exactly the same way as to how the “Highly Recommended” tab works. Only, it showcases all the Female Lead novels that are newly released from the “What’s Next” section. This way, there isn’t a need to specifically go to the “What’s Next” section and check the information out every time a new novel is released from the voting pool.
Though, in the recommendation’s tab in the first row, it was meant to dedicate to “Latest News/Event” so, it might be nicer to include the “What to Read” section at the top to maintain a consistency(?) or include “Genres” right at the top.

[Second Row in Novel, Curated Originals]
Aww sweet. A row dedicated to Originals. But what is it base on? Random, Ranking, Popularity? Oo

[Third Row in Novel, What to Read]
Will there ever be more recommendations here? Like grouping a group of novels under the same category.

[Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Row in Novel, Contemporary, Fantasy & Historical Romance]
Thanks for splitting the different types and not mashing them under one section haha :D

[Seventh Row in Novel, All Genres]
As much as I miss the mini icon, this is alright too. Though I still prefer it to be on top hehe…
Why change the pictures representing the genres though…it doesn’t feel as if it matches the genre at all. Feels bland and boring.
Also, I had to click “SEE ALL” two times before it would lead be to all the genres page.

[Eight, Ninth, Tenth & Last row in Novel, What’s Next, Daily Updates, From Your Reading Preference]
No comment, no comment. For our reading preference, I honestly thought it was chosen from the genres we set on our Profile. But it wasn’t, what’s the point then (for setting up our genre preferences in profile page)? Oo for discussion among readers? But it doesn’t appear either when you ‘stalk’ other people’s profiles lol.

[Overall]
The filter to view Female or Male lead are both the same layout and functions so there’s nothing to talk about it. Overall, the design is alright. Though as an old user, I would only touch these sections: New Ongoing Release, What to Read & Genres. As usually I (or some people) would seek out new novels through this way first before using other types of channel to search.

[Third Tab, Comics]
I like the comics tab the most. Feels so simple. Top Comics and Highly recommended are placed right at the top for all to see.
Don’t really have much comment about the placings anymore lol. >w<

[Third Row in Comics, Release Calendar]
A calendar! For everyone to see when the release days for the novels is, wooo :D Now I don’t have to wonder when does the comics usually update on lol. But now, I will just keep on wishing for a specific day to come. >.>

[Overall]
I’m just gonna zip my mouth about the placings of the section for the comics. Though I do like how you are able to navigate around the comics section more easily compared to before.

[New Functions/Bugs]
- We now have a choice in our reading format. We can either swipe to read the next page or continuously scrolling down to read. The swiping transition to the next page is quite smooth for me though sometimes there might be slight delay in it.
- I didn’t encounter any bugs at all…so…

[Suggestions]
- Certain sections in the Novel or Recommendation tabs can be changed for viewing priority I suppose.
- Please enforce a stricter restriction regarding the reviews. There are many unwanted reviews there that can’t even be counted as a normal review. People seem to just type in for the sake of daily missions or any other event that requires writing reviews. (With the exception of Council of Bookworms) In any way that can restrict at all…but doesn’t seem to be possible currently oO
- Please add an Edit button for the comment sections too!
- PS. After using the old version for so long, there will be bound to have some old habits formed. Since the What's Next button was always on the top, so whenever I open the app to access the page through the Exploration Tab, I would always subconsciously try to tab where the What's Next button was originally located at.

[Details]
Phone Model: Oppo R9s
Version of Phone: 6.0.1
Internet Connection: Wifi
From: Singapore

Title: Heaven’s Shadow | Novelupdates: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/heavens-shadow/?grr=1
Author: Xiao Ding | Other works: Zhu Xian
Synopsis:
The world is made up of the five elements, and it could be divided into Yin and Yang.
Beneath the heavens, on the ancient divine center continent, billions of lives thrive in the prosperous era of the cultivation.
Across its vast lands, happiness, sadness, reunion, and separation played out in the long lives of those seeking immortalhood.
Light is always accompanied by darkness, and under the radiance of the heavens, there are silent shadows moving about…

Description:
It is similar to Nightfall etc, it's a slow-ride and descriptive kind of story. No unbelievable luck or ridiculous power-ups and face-slapping. But it's an enjoyable book :D | I hope this gets pickup but chances are probably low since majority seem to adore cliches more.

So...I read the conditions to nominate a novel and (sad to say, I see some people who don't even read them)
"Nomination requirements
1. Only original works where the author has the required copyrights are eligible.

2. The work shall not insult national religious beliefs and living customs.

3. Currently, only links to Wattpad, Royalroad, and Goodreads are supported."

So meaning books that are already published by other publishing company won't be counted in the top 50 even though they have high amount of votes right?
Eg.
Legendary Moonlight Sculptor,
Good For Nothing Seventh Young Lady,
The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage,
The Demonic King Chases His Wife: The Rebellious Good-for-nothing Miss,
Emperor's Domination (Heck, why is this even nominated?! It's by your own company x'D),
Returning From The Immortal World (If this is pick up and translated though... :D),
Praise the Orc,
Immortal Executioner,
Everyone Else is a Returnee,
God of music
AND MANY MORE!

I went and checked and within top 10, at least 9 of them are already published. This is kinda pushing down the chances for real original novels to get upvoted. (And some might even just upvote for the sake of ss) :s

People...please read. It won't hurt for a second for you to read before suggesting ._.