It's a notebook - what can I say? I don't remove pages from my notebooks so I can't speak to that point but I write in it. I've never been a fan of spiral notebooks writing on the back side of the page is always uncomfortable so I write on the front sides only and when I reach the back of the notebook I flip it over and write on the backs of the pages. It does what it was designed for. And holds my pencil in the spiral binding.