Compare/contrast international covers. Which do you like best? (From Weekly Geeks)
I have always loved beautiful covers, so much that I’ve picked up many books just because of the covers. If I have to give you a list of covers I like, it would most definitely never end. So I will list down the covers of one book.
Everyone had heard of Michelle Moran and her book Nefertiti by now, so I’ll get directly to the covers. They are a mix of hardcover and paperback. I found more covers but they were very small, more like thumbnails.
I LOVE all the covers except the last 2. The last one looks like a horror novel and the second last looks like contemporary YA. But the others are gorgeous. Which ones do you like? or not like?
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Hi Violet,
Personally, I like picture number 6 – the right hand picture of the middle row.
It’s much more subtle and alluring than any of the others.
Definitely the one I would pick, if I literally had to choose the book by it’s cover.
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Those covers are gorgeous! I’ve the second cover in my pile actually, but just haven’t got around to reading it yet. Personally I’d prefer #6 as I like the colour combinations and also that the heroine’s face is nicely portrayed from that perspective.
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I actually like the last one, but I’m with you on the second to last. And I think my overall favourite is the second one.
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Oh wow, I’ve just been learning about Nefertiti so I think I’ll get this book! I agree with you thoughts that the second to last looks like a YA. It depends on what Moran’s written of course, but I wouldn’t say it suits the subject.
My favourites are the 1st, 3rd, and 6th, and if I had to choose my cover from those I’d probably go for the 1st.
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My problem with it is it looks like “contemporary” YA which it isn’t.
I think I love the first one the best too. You should definitely get the book. It’s awesome.
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I prefer 1 and 3 and agree that the 8th looks too modern. I really need to read some Moran soon – thanks for the reminder!
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I pretty much agree with you. I think my favorite is the one in the middle on the top row.
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I want to read this. I like the covers 1-3 best.
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Wow. So many beautiful covers. I agree what you say about the last one – it does look like some sort of horror/mystery novel. The cover I’m most familiar with is the second one. I think that or the sixth one is probably my favourite. 🙂
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I have the 1st one! But I definitely do not like the last one.
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I really enjoyed this one; I have the second cover (the one in the top middle). Honestly, I think that one is my favorite!
Although they are all eye-catching, I’d say my least favorite would be the middle on the bottom — she looks too light-skinned, too. I also wonder if the one next to it (left of it; not the eye one) is actually a female — it looks like a male to me.
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Yeah, the last one’s pretty bad.
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I really like the first two the most. I am drawn to colourful and pretty covers. I’m a cover whore for sure. I have also read this book and loved it… mine had the 2nd cover and I am sad that I cannot find my copy… must have loaned it out and forgot to get it back. *sigh* My buy another copy I think. Plus, Michelle Moran is now on my TBR list for all her other books.
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