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Idle weekend chat - Anyone seen those "Novel" apps with ridiculous revenge stories you have to pay for to continue reading? Do people actually pay hundreds to read this trash?

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localnotail · 06/09/2026 12:26

Just that, basically! I have been playing a game where you have to watch an add to get extra bits - and lately all of the adds were these "novels" about some girl (very often a werewolf but not necessarily) being mistreated and them clearly on a path to get a revenge. I have read a few out of boredom and they all end on the cliff-hanger and then require you to pay to continue reading. I got interested to see how much - and its sooo expensive! Like, $20 a chapter or something, or annual subscription where you pay something like $180.

I was wondering - who writes this tosh? Why there are so many apps (they all have different names) but its pretty much the same story designed to get you outraged and yearning to see the character getting her revenge (its always "her"). They are often weirdly spaces out, like one sentence per line and sometimes all words are capitalised (AI)?

Do people actually pay for these? Weirdly, they all have very positive reviews in the app shop but a few says they paid hundreds but still have not finished reading the story!

Just been thinking about these idly. Curious if anyone knows wtf is this and is there some sort of following/ demand for these kind of trashy non-stories.

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AlwaysRightISwear · 06/09/2026 12:31

All AI I expect. Appealing to people who feel mistreated in some way themselves?

localnotail · 06/09/2026 13:07

I was thinking AI but I actually discovered there is a person turning out these novels - at least some of them.

Honestly, the stories are ridiculous. Like, "I was made to live in a cupboard while paying mortgage on the house my whole family lived in while my BF shagged my sister". Who would this appeal to enough to pay $20 per chapter?

And why there are so many similar apps? There are hundreds.

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BillieWiper · 06/09/2026 13:16

Nobody writes them. They are written by AI. I suppose they only need a couple of mugs to pay as their only cost is probably advertising. I saw one of those and didn't understand what was going on. It looked utter shite!

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