Friday Face-Off: Out of Focus
Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme created by Books by Proxy! Each Friday, we will pit cover against cover while also taking the opportunity to showcase gorgeous artwork and feature some of our favorite book covers. If you want to join the fun, simply choose a book each Friday that fits that week’s predetermined theme, post and compare two or more different covers available for that book, then name your favorite. A list of future weeks’ themes are available at Lynn’s Book Blog.
This week’s theme is:
“Double vision or all a blur”
~ a cover that is OUT OF FOCUS
Mogsy’s Pick:
The Haunted by Danielle Vega
Well, I certainly didn’t think this one was as scary as some others, but it was decent enough from an entertainment standpoint I suppose. At least there are a couple of interesting covers!
From left to right:
Razorbill Hardcover (2019) – Razorbill Paperback (2020) – Russian Edition (2019)
Winner:
First of all, what were they thinking with the paperback edition? How does one go from a cool cover like the 2019 HC edition to something that looks so…well, low effort? Apologies if you like it, but I personally find it too plain. And much too green. With that said, my favorite this week is hands down the Razorbill hardcover. I’m not sure how many versions of it are out, but my finished copy that the publisher sent me also had this fun lenticular effect on its cover/sleeve which I thought was extra cool!
But what do you think? Which one is your favorite?
The BiblioSanctum 
I love that cover – the green one is a bit meh, the Russian gives a horror vibe but the Razorbill Hardcover is just so vibrant.
Lynn 😀
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Oh the green one is awful, I’m just like what are you thinking!? 😛
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I didn’t know about this book
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It’s YA horror, so unless you’re into the genre 🙂
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It has to be your choice, though the Russian edition is also a classy effort. And I entirely your echo thoughts regarding the middle one – such a lacklustre affair!
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Yep, it wasn’t really a contest this week, lol!
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Wow, they totally went a different direction with that green cover.
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They did, and I do not like it…lol 😀
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Both your choice and the Russian edition are perfect in their suggestion of a ghostly apparition: so scary!!! :-D. 😀
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Indeed, I wish there had been more choices though!
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Great choice! I love the US hardcover and the Russian edition too. But that paperback might be the worst cover I’ve ever seen, lol.
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I know, it’s terrible. It looks really outdated and boring!
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That green book is indeed super unimpressive hahaha I wouldn’t even have thought of picking it up to find out what it is about! 😛
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I agree, and not only is it green, it’s like the most awful shade of green, lol.
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I almost picked this one to do this week. I like your choice best.
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It was the first “blurry” cover that jumped out at me as I was going down my Goodreads “read” list 😀
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Yeah I don’t like the paperback version either. Nice pick!
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Thanks! It was an easy choice, lol!
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Sadly no cover I’d choose
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I wish there were more covers to choose from.
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I agree with you winner this week Mogsy!
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Haha, it was an easy choice, but thanks! 😀
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Oh, nice one! I love the cover you went with too, it fits the title really well!
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