Hey JMBaron!
Sorry to hear your experience with AHITR wasn't stellar or as intended.
For a few patches, we've tackled some of the earlier game and have a new lewd tracker and system, which unfortunately resulted in some bugs here and there. We've sorted the most game/progress breaking a ones in 8.0.2.
The aim with the journal is to be as straight forward as possible,however, we are aware of a bunch of continuity errors and overlapping triggers that we're aiming to fix in time.
I'd recommend swinging back again sometime and giving it another shot, if not, appreciate you taking the time to give AHITR a shot and for your feedback!