Goodreads Is a Dumpster Fire (And We're All Still Using It)
50Goodreads Is a Dumpster Fire (And We're All Still Using It)
Goodreads is broken. From review bombs and bot accounts to a UI that looks like it hasn’t been updated since 2007, it’s a platform stuck in the past — owned by Amazon and left to rot. In this video, I take a brutally honest look at the reality of Goodreads in 2025.
Whether you're a reader, a writer, or someone caught somewhere in between, you’ve probably felt the exhaustion — the performance culture, the fear of being review-bombed, the fake praise, and the endless shelf wars.
So why are we still using it? Why does the publishing industry still depend on it? And is it finally time to walk away?
📚 Let’s talk about the toxicity, the burnout, and the better platforms we should be using instead.
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