Book Covers (Reflection 5)

 

I usually have no opinion on book covers, unless the cover is really strange and I would be embarassed showing my friends the book. In some cases I like it one way and in others I like it the opposite way. When you take the idea of showing people in the cover, I actually don't mind the "severed" body part concept. If there is a book that shows someone with out their head or not all of their face, I like to use my imagination to picture what they look like. But on the other hand I like seeing the face that comes with the character. One thing I absolutelycannot stand is the overly girly cover. If it shows shoes and bags and clothes I will absolutely not buy it. That cover leads me to believe that the book is about trivial matters like shoes and bags and clothes. No. Just no.

                                     I can now imagine what I think the character should look like.

                                    Now I can picture the character while I am reading about her.

    I would probably never buy this. Ever.

 

I am unsure as to why, but I find that I like covers without real pictures better. I think it may be because if there isn't a real picture, then the covers are a bit more mysterious. Decoding the cover while reading the story is something I look forward to because it is just another part of the story. Although that is not the case for all books (I love the cover for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as well as Water for Elephants and a few Nicholas Sparks novels) I find that I just like it better.