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Moleskine Ruled Notebook Large

Moleskine Ruled Notebook Large
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Brand: Kikkerland
Edition: Journal
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-01
ISBN: 8883701127
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Moleskine
Product features:
  • ISBN13: 9788883701122
  • Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Moleskine Ruled Notebook Large

Book Review: A Ferrari exterior, with a Pinto drivetrain
Summary: 3 Stars

Okay. I admit it. I fell for the hype. Not so much the company line ("this book used by famous artists, and writers" blah blah blah)... but the beautiful exterior, clean professional design, and... naively... assumed that for twelve bucks, I was getting something nice.

Well... yes and no.

They're "okay". Everything I thought was special about them is true. They really look like something a professional would use. They look like something you could proudly use to write in while your sipping a latte at Starbucks. They have a look that makes people ask you what you're writing in, and where you got it.

Unfortunately, it doesn't deliver on the aspect that I took for granted. The paper.

I'd read some reviews that said the paper was cheap, and that it wasn't good for artists. I... equally naively... disregarded those opinions, because I couldn't believe that such a nice (and expensive) product would go cheap on the most important part of a notebook. The part you write/draw on.

I've tried gel pens, felt pens, ball-point pens, liquid ink pens... they all cause problems. Gel pens, and liquid ink pens smudge too much to be of any use (great for artists, eh?). Ball point pens are just cheap, ugly, and work poorly, and felt-tip pens look nice, and dry quickly enough, but bleed straight through to the other side, forcing you to only write on one side of each page. Certainly not what a journal writer, or novelist would prefer.

If there is a form of pen that writes on these things satisfactorily, I've honestly not found it.

I wanted to love the Moleskine. I love the story (I didn't believe the story about Picasso, Hemingway, or Chatwin, but it is a compelling one). I love the design. I love the binding. I love the elastic strap. I love the bookmark. I love everything about them except for the paper.

It'd be like buying a Ferrari, and finding out someone replaced the engine with that of a Pinto. It looks great. Its a conversation starter. You might impress some people. Yet in the end, it just isn't satisfying to use.

Honestly, the paper in a ninety nine cent composition book is better.

I'll be looking elsewhere from now on.

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