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When I hit "Compare books" about 50% of the time I get Page Unavailable. Is this happening to anyone else?
Aug 20, 2023 10:48AM

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message 1: by Cecily (last edited Aug 20, 2023 11:32AM) (new)

Cecily I did it about 20 mins ago. No problem. Will now try with a few others...

Edit: Just compared with six random people, and still fine.

Is that the only GR page you're having trouble with? Quite often I find pages slow to load, and sometimes get a busy message, but refreshing the page usually fixes it.


message 2: by Daren (new)

Daren Not for me (yet)...


Sherron Wahrheit I use the iOS app, which is lacking that feature (and more). I think I’ll go back to the online for a while and see how it goes. I know I don’t like the clunky book detail view.


message 4: by Daniel (new)

Daniel Yes, been getting that a lot recently.


message 5: by Emmkay (new)

Emmkay Yes, I have that experience as well.


message 6: by Ian (new)

Ian Yes! About half the time, same as you Petra.

I shrug my shoulders and think "Yet another Goodreads glitch."


message 7: by Wulf (new)

Wulf Krueger It happens, from time to time. By far less than in 50% of all cases but consistently with some users.


message 8: by Colin (new)

Colin Baldwin Yes. Getting that problem too. Urggghh. CB


message 9: by Petra X (new)

Petra X I'm wondering if they are working on a new feature, dropping something or horror of horrors (but it will happen) inflicting a new home page on us?


message 10: by Shawnie (new)

Shawnie It's working for me.


message 11: by Tawfek (new)

Tawfek it's working for me too 85% similar taste lol!


Adina ( back from Vacay…slowly recovering) Yes, it happens to me as well. Maybe 30% of the time.


message 13: by Petra X (new)

Petra X So it seems it's a bug that affects a lot of us, but not everyone.


message 14: by Missy (new)

Missy LeBlanc Ivey It works fine for me. I do have a problem with the "app" not clearing out GR friends that I delete...only because I see too much stuff I don't care about down my feed, and I'd rather see people's reviews on books that I'd probably be interested in one day. I've reported it.


message 15: by Petra X (new)

Petra X Missy wrote: "I do have a problem with the "app" not clearing out GR friends that I delete....."

I don't have the app, I don't use GR much on the phone, but when I do I use a browser/desktop site. The app seems to cut profiles down to very minimal.


message 16: by Zain (last edited Aug 29, 2023 11:42AM) (new)

Zain Yes, I’ve been having this problem with trying to load a page. Very frustrating. There’s always something going wrong with GR. 🤬

And I didn’t know that you’ve been sick. I’m glad you’re feeling a bit better. 😎


message 17: by Kei (new)

Kei I actually had no idea that this was a feature before seeing this post XD


message 18: by Petra X (new)

Petra X Zain wrote: "And I didn’t know that you’ve been sick. I’m glad you’re feeling a bit better...."

I'm not really sick. I've just had to have something fixed with a series of operations over the last few years. Sometimes it is more painful than others, but I think this was the last one (hopefully).


message 19: by Renee (new)

Renee Roberts Yes, on a person who sent a friend request last weekend, the "page unavailable" has been persistent. Hoping you feel better soon! At least your weather isn't much affected by Idalia.


message 20: by Petra X (new)

Petra X Kei wrote: "I actually had no idea that this was a feature before seeing this post XD"

Have you tried it? I like to see if someone has written a review of a book I also reviewed, see how we think. I don't mind if it is completely differently, actually that's a bonus as it might give me a new perspective on a book.


message 21: by Laura (new)

Laura It happens occasionally.


message 22: by Petra X (new)

Petra X Renee wrote: "Yes, on a person who sent a friend request last weekend, the "page unavailable" has been persistent. Hoping you feel better soon! At least your weather isn't much affected by Idalia."

I am finding that the same people I click 'compare books on' either work or don't work. I'm trying to work out what the difference is between the two groups.


message 23: by Kei (new)

Kei Petra is out of hospital and almost enjoying Miami wrote: "Kei wrote: "I actually had no idea that this was a feature before seeing this post XD"

Have you tried it? I like to see if someone has written a review of a book I also reviewed, see how we think...."


Yup it worked for me...is it still not working for you?


message 24: by Petra X (new)

Petra X Kei wrote: "Yup it worked for me...is it still not working for you?..."

It seems to be an intermittent bug for me and others and some people never get it.


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