OK Thank you. I might try again.

I was playing at 3840x2160. I reduced the resolution and restarted the game. I can now see the diary. However, when I click on it, it says I am not ready yet. But when I close the inventory I still have the message about clicking to level up. Thank you for all your help but I think I will leave this...

I am so sorry. I had trouble finding anything that looked like a save. Now I know where to look, I have made a new zip of the correct 2 files.

I am on GOG not steam but I found a save settings file and my save file . I opened the game today but I have the same problem
I have attached the 2 .sav files

I killed the black cave troll and received a message that I had enough points to level up. It said to use the diary in my inventory. I am unable to find a diary. I have clicked on every button or menu item I could fine but nothing allows me to level up. The message keeps displaying on my screen. I k...