AHGXG Thick Journal Lined Notebook – 320 Numbered Pages Journal for Writing A5 Notebook College Ruled, 100gsm Lined Paper, Leather Hardcover, for Women Men Work Office School, 5.75” X 8.38”-Black

When I got this journal I was immediately impressed by the size and page quality. The pages are thick and smooth. There is very little to no bleed through. I do use a Sharpie gel pen (0.38mm) for the most part, but have occasionally used a Uniball gel pen (0.7mm) and have no issues with bleed through (2nd pic shows how little bleed through there is).I LOVE that there is a TOC and each page has a page number and field for the date. The lines are the perfect height as well (3rd and 4th pics).It also has a little pocket on the back cover where you can store misc. notes (pic 5) and it came with some sticky tabs (pic 6).The spine isn’t completely secured to the outside leather (pic 7), but I’ve been writing 3 pages a day every day since January 3rd (now 2/24) and have had no issues with pages coming loose.The journal doesn’t lay completely flat, but gets pretty close (pics 8 and 9). The only “problem” I’ve had was with the very first page (which is the TOC) not laying flat and having a hard time putting the page number down (pic 10). Seems like it’ll be an issue writing all the way to the edge on the very last page as well, but that’s only one page.The biggest “issue” it had was this little sticky piece of tape sticking up from the top of the journal (pics 11 & 12). I just waited until I took the pics for this review and then cut it off, no biggie.TLDR; Excellent journal for the money you pay. Been using it every day for 2 solid months with no issues except a little piece of tape sticking up that I cut off. Will be buying again.