I love this journal! The hard cover is sturdy and glossy which is go beautiful! This picture here does it no justice! The only thing I don't like is the way the lines are ruled on the pages. They are a bit on the wide ruled side, which I'm not a fan of. I find myself using more pages than I normally would to write what I need, which means I'll be finished with this soon, which I'm not too happy about. But I LOVE THIS JOURNAL SO MUCH!