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They accused me of using AI, claiming I reviewed the book too quickly—even though I actually listened to the audiobook. The AI detection percentage was extremely low, which should have been enough for them to use common sense and recognize it was my own writing. But instead, they insisted on their decision regardless. I can’t help but think their real issue was my honest review of a book filled with racism. Frankly, content like that—sex, excessive profanity, blatant racism—shouldn't be something unsuspecting readers are subjected to. Apparently, if you want to get paid for a review, you have to sugarcoat it to their liking. That’s not something I’d ever waste my time doing. And to make matters worse, one of them even suggested I might have copied someone else’s review—an insulting, baseless accusation that made the entire experience a complete waste of time.

I signed up for this because I'm an avid reader who worked in a library. Writing reviews seemed like fun. So, I did my first review after graduating with my master's and had more time (I only mention this for irony). My review was cited as AI generated and how it "could apply to any book" even though I did my best to cite instances for examples without revealing plot - as requested. Funny thing is I did a project on AI in my masters program and thought it was hilarious. AI detectors are not reliable and to say it's AI generated while using AI to detect it is just downright funny. People may have a different experience but after spending an hour to write an honest, professional review only to be accused of AI, is just downright disappointing. They need to be careful and probably hire someone who knows more about this. The guidelines suggest using autocorrectors - however many autocorrectors are considered AI. 🤔 It stated "flagged by many AI detectors" but didn't cite what checkers they used. Suspicious . . . Might be because I didn't write a glowing recommendation for a subpar book. The other comment was I didn't cite all grammatical errors - but we are not supposed to put pages down due to it not being accurate. And honestly that sounds like free editing when it's supposed to be just a review. Overall, the instructions are confusing, the editors a bit insulting, and the website is so out dated with tons of ads. Update: Apparently, I'm far from the first person who has done a negative review on this specific book and was accused of it being AI generated. I was confused when I saw that said book was highly recommended on Onlinebookclub (with high 5s which is supposed to be nearly impossible) but had a slew of negative comments on other sites. I've deleted my account for fear of my data.

I was super excited to be able to read books and give my honest opinion but then something strange happened. Hours after signing up, getting a book and going through that process, I got a Amazon verification code. I thought it was weird because all the ones I requested were sent on time and were approved. I went to see details and apparently the request was from an apple iPad from Massachusetts (I have picture proof). What.the.heck. I instantly denied it, changed my Amazon password and deleted all the cards from the account. I've given no friends or family access to my account so it's definitely not that. I've also never had this happen before. After changing my password in the account, I went back to the website and saw if I could still go onto the book, which I couldn't. It asked me to sign in again (with the new password). Also super sketchy because I was already signed in and it was the same browser. All in all, please just avoid! 🙏

Online book club is a site that claims to pay readers for honest reviews but I cannot really vouch that this is the case. Plus they will make you jump through hoops and do everything possible to avoid paying you 1. Each time you submit a review, they ban you for plagiarism saying it is AI generated. I appealed twice before an admin rechecked and said it’s not AI generated, they dont know what the previous reviewer was talking about. 2. After that hassle…. The next one was leaving Amazon review. They kept claiming that they couldn’t find my Amazon review despite multiple submissions of the link and every other person could see the review via the link. Later they said it was a review mismatch. They said I rated the book a 4 out of 5 instead of the excellent 4 out of 4 I gave on OBC. I said, but on OBC I rated the book 4 out of 5 and Amazon is asking for my rating out of 5 not out of 4. Why should I give a 5 out of 5 when I clearly rated the book a 4 out of 5 on OBC. They said I should change my rating to a 5 out of 5. They refused to approve my payment until I changed my rating. They finally paid me after 31 days of back and forth over one problem or the other plus 2 free reviews later. For your mental health, just avoid them to be honest.

Did not get paid for my first review, email stated I was to receive $60. This company has had me jumping through hoops, getting my PayPal info just to tell me I have no reviews to be paid for! STAY AWAY FROM THIS SHAM OF A COMPANY! DONT BE TOO SMART WHEN WRITING YOUR REVIEW, IMMEDIATELY YOULL GET BANNED AND ACCUSED OF USING AI! THEN YOULL GET HOUNDED TO REMOVE YOUR NEGATIVE REVIEW TO PROTECT THEIR INTEGRITY! WHAT A LAUGH! Write your book review for anyone else BUT this company! Screwed me out of what I'm owed. Since they refuse to pay me I refuse to take this down! Disgusting! Book Deceptive Calm oh now I gotta wait for some AI mod to get back to me. At this point, I can care less. You had me doing all this crap for your ego. hope you're happy. Ban me I don't care. Y'all should've paid me!

After receiving an 80% personal recommendation along with a score of 93% from the first editor for a review I wrote to be honest and thorough, I made the necessary changes that were suggested. The very next day, a different editor rated the same review with a close to 0 score for “not inserting a rating sentence” and docked points for a singular comma and a paragraph break. On top of that, they provided a meagre 10% personal recommendation which — for a review that was coherent, well written, and useful — made no sense. No matter how much I revised after this, my score still did not change due to tiny details. The lack of encouraging language paired with a cold, mechanical tone made the entire experience feel unwelcome. If your entire system relies on two editors who contradict each other completely, then it's not a fair evaluation process — it's a gamble. We, as writers, are entitled to a higher level of respect and uniformity. The system needs fundamental changes before I would recommend working here.

I thought I'd get a review on Amazon. Didn't happen. Why would I pay a couple hundred bucks to get a review on their website, which no one I know has ever heard of. Save your money. Pass on OnlineBookClub.org.

I paid $398 for honest book reviews, and the one they kept showing me was a deadpan review that had eight lines that were like a textbook glossary. It was really bad, and looked like it was AI generated. I tried three author rebukes of the reviewer but they changed nothing. So in my humble opinion, they protect reviewers and ignore the author rebukes. And they have done nothing for my book since.