The Friday Face-Off: Dolls or Puppets

The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!

So I feel like I’ve been abandoning my blog the past couple of weeks, so I decided to throw up a quick Friday Face-Off post this week. There are a LOT of covers for my choice, but I’m limiting myself to just four, mostly because I’m tired and I want to go to bed! This week the theme is:

“I got no strings to hold me down.” – A cover featuring a doll or puppet.

The book that immediately came to mind this week is Stephen King’s Desperation, companion book to The Regulators. There are some creepy covers for this one:

From top to bottom: 1996 Viking hardcover edition | 1997 Signet paperback edition

1996 Luitingh-Sijthoff paperback edition | 1996 Spanish hardcover edition

For my favorite, I’m going to have to go with the edition that I own, the US hardcover:

Would someone please kill that spider??!!

Which cover is your favorite?

Posted March 16, 2018 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 31 Comments

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31 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Dolls or Puppets

  1. It’s a hard choice but honestly, I think I prefer the 1996 Luitingh-Sijthoff paperback edition . There’s just something about the desert feel and of course we still get a creepy doll. The teddy bear head reminds me of my all-time favorite Twilight Zone show where Andy wishes people into the cornfield!
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    • Tammy

      Oh you’re right! That was such a creepy Twilight Zone episode. Now I’m in the mood for a marathon!

    • Tammy

      It is, Lashaan! It’s been a while since I read this, maybe time for a reread so I can remember all the details;-)

  2. They are all so creepy – and not in a good way:). My favourite is the reptilian eye featured in the Spanish version – but that’s because it doesn’t look quite as horrific as the other and I love that beautiful background colour.

    • Tammy

      Yeah, that spider sort of creeps up on you (no pun intended!) when you’re looking at everything that’s going on with this cover:-)

  3. Ooh these are all kind of freaky in different ways. I think I like the third one the best, the one with the wolves howling. And yes somebody needs to step on that spider!!
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    • Tammy

      LOL, I don’t actually want to kill anything, but I do want all the spiders to just go away:-)

  4. I have always loved the cover for Desperation. I love the first one on the top right. I haven’t read the books yet, but it on my Eventually TBR. Thanks for sharing these!

  5. I love your choice – it’s the one that immediately stood out from the crowd. The perspective nails it I think.
    Lynn 😀

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