Fable: Books & TV 12+

Love the app!

I absolutely adore the app!! One of my favorite things about it is being able to see all of your stats, especially having the ability to see what books you read in what months and the reader summary. Every single time I put a book in the Finished List I find myself looking forward to what my Reader Summary is going to update to say, a few I’ve even laughed out loud too. But I do want to suggest a rereading option on the reading status, that lets me track my progress when I set it to Currently reading as well as keeping it in my Finished List, so that way it shows up however many times I read it on the Finished # of books so far this year. Now this doesn’t need to count towards my reading goal since it’s not a new book, but it would be nice if it appeared as many times as I reread it in that year. Other than that idea I just had (as I am currently rereading a book and went to log it so it would count towards my streak, but realized it took it out of my finished list) it’s a lovely app that I’ve discovered thanks to a friend mentioning it, in which case I’ve now actually started recommending it to other people and would 10/10 recommend it to you!!

Developer Response ,

Hi There - we just wanted to let you know that rereads are now available in the latest version of the app! Please check it out and let us know if you have any feedback!

As an avid reader

As an avid reader who has been on Goodreads for 10+ years, I was really excited about Fable. It is beautiful and a gorgeous app overall however it has a few major pitfalls that are ultimately making me go back to Goodreads (and trust me I KNOW Goodreads isn’t the ideal app and has many issues).
1. Fable does not show when a friend has finished a book. Is this a setting that I’m missing? I can see anytime my friends add to “want to read” or “did not finish” but I can’t see when they’ve added to “read?”
2. When viewing a book’s page I cannot see that a friend has reviewed or even read the book. These two points are very basic things that Goodreads accomplishes quite well. It is the whole point (to me) of a social media app for reading. I want to easily see what a friend is currently reading and when they’ve finished it and what they thought of it. If I’m checking out a new book I would love to know if it’s on a friends “want to read” or “read” list so I can chat about it with them afterwards or let them know I loved it and they should read it asap.
3. Fable glitches for me just as much as Goodreads does. I’ve had to close and restart the app many times specifically when I’m using the explore page.
4. I don’t like the design of seeing all the books in someone’s list when they’ve just added 1 book to it. Goodreads makes every update a singular focus on the 1 book and I prefer this.

Immersive

I finished reading this book a few days ago, and I am still thinking about the world and the characters. The symbolism is tastefully done, couched in a multi generational family saga. My father is from Kerala, and my mother is from Tamil Nadu, So the italicized words were all my familiar, familial languages. I found the details in the story to be consistent with the oral history that I have gotten about my own family, and the author has managed to still keep the core of the story universal, probably contributing to its wide appeal. This is also a story about the history of medicine, and those details are also skillfully woven into the fabric of the narrative. My attention and schedule are both challenged with reading for any length of time, and the fact that I finished a 700+ page book a in a good clip speaks to the readability and intelligence of the narrative. If you choose to read this book, be prepared to flow with the story, as if you are floating down a stream observing and thinking about everything that floats past you.

Developer Response ,

Hi There! We just wanted to let you know that this review is supposed to be for the Fable app itself, not for books read within the app. If you would like to leave a review for a book you've read, please login to the app and search for the book in the Explore tab. From there you should find all the reviews for that book and you can add your own! If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us at support@fable.co.