BookGlints – Book Review & Trope Scanner

Scan Goodreads, StoryGraph & Royal Road reviews in multiple languages for the tropes that matter to you.

BookGlints reads real book reviews to help you figure out whether a book is right for you before you commit hours to reading it. Tell BookGlints what you want to find or avoid — “strong friendships,” “dungeon crawling,” “slow pacing,” “love triangle,” “protagonist too perfect,” “unfinished series” — anything, in your own words. BookGlints semantically scans reviews and surfaces relevant mentions based on meaning, not just exact keywords. FIND WHAT YOU WANT. AVOID WHAT YOU DON'T. My Flags — free, always Write anything you care about and BookGlints checks reviews for it. Use My Flags for: • Tropes and character types • Pacing and writing style • Romance and relationship dynamics • Content warnings • Worldbuilding and themes • Positive traits you actively want • Dealbreakers you want to avoid • Anything else reviewers might mention You are not limited to a predefined trope database. Auto-Scan — optional $9.99 one-time unlock Not sure what to search for? Auto-Scan reads the reviews and automatically surfaces recurring themes, praise, complaints, and patterns readers bring up. Pay once. No subscription. WORKS WITH GOODREADS, STORYGRAPH & ROYAL ROAD Goodreads Scan from a book page, search by title, or import titles from your reading lists. StoryGraph Scan books, search by title, and import titles from your lists. Royal Road Scan fiction reviews, search by title, and import stories from your Read Later list. SCAN THE BOOK YOU'RE VIEWING — OR FIND ANOTHER BookGlints clearly separates two ways to scan: Current Book — scan the book open in your current tab. Find Another Book — search for a different title without leaving the page you're on. THREE SCAN DEPTHS Fast — a quick sample for everyday checks. Thorough: Extremes — digs deeper into stronger praise and criticism. Thorough: All Stars — scans across ratings for maximum coverage. The exact review-gathering strategy is adapted to Goodreads, StoryGraph, and Royal Road. BATCH SCAN Checking an entire reading list? Paste multiple titles or import them from Goodreads, StoryGraph, or Royal Road, then scan them automatically one at a time. Use either My Flags or Auto-Scan for the whole batch. SCAN HISTORY BookGlints keeps your recent completed scans locally in your browser so you can revisit what it found. No account required. SEE THE ACTUAL REVIEW EVIDENCE BookGlints doesn't just tell you that something was mentioned. Every result includes: • The matching theme or flag • How many scanned reviews mentioned it • An excerpt from the real review • The review's rating/context when available Review excerpts are verified against the source review text before being shown. BookGlints does not invent review quotes. YOUR OWN AI KEY BookGlints uses an API key from the AI provider you choose: • Google Gemini • Groq • OpenRouter • OpenAI Your key is stored locally in your browser. When you scan a book, review text goes directly from your browser to the AI provider you selected. It does not pass through a BookGlints server. No BookGlints account is required. Provider pricing and availability may vary. PRIVACY BookGlints does not track your browsing history. It only interacts with supported Goodreads, StoryGraph, and Royal Road pages when needed for BookGlints features. Your API key stays in your browser. Review text is sent directly to your chosen AI provider for analysis and is never routed through a BookGlints server. The optional Auto-Scan license is verified against the BookGlints license service. Free forever with your own AI key. Optional Auto-Scan: $9.99 once. No subscription. Find what you'll love. Avoid what you won't. Know before you read.