I really like moleskine notebooks and diaries and have had many over the years, but this is the first time I have bought one of the soft cover ones. It is just as nice as the hard covers and inside is exactly the same, but...I'm not sure its going to stand up being in my bag amongst all the other things crashing about in there. It is already showing scrapes and the page and cover edges are bashed and squashed after just a few weeks. I may have to put this by the phone as a notebook to save wasting it and get a hard cover again!