The Friday Face-Off: Starry Sky

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!

This week’s theme: “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” A cover featuring a starry sky.

It was surprisingly tough to find a good cover this week with a starry sky, but I decided to go with Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel, the first book in his Themis Files. Also I just saw him speak recently at Comic Con and I  adore him! If you ever get the chance to go to an event where he’s speaking, make sure to go! Take a look at some of the cover designs:

Del Rey hardcover 2016 | Penguin UK 2016

Hungarian edition 2016 | Dutch edition 2017

Spanish edition 2016 | Russian edition 2017

I was never that fond of the Del Rey edition, but I do love both the Spanish and the Hungarian editions. The winner?

I love everything about this cover: the giant hand, the figure of Rose standing there, and even the landscape and the glowing light. Hungarians for the win!

Next week’s theme: A cover with a mask

Which one do you like best?

Posted August 3, 2018 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 30 Comments

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30 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Starry Sky

  1. What a fabulous lot of covers, Tammy and a great choice for this week’s theme. There isn’t a cover here I dislike – although I found the book deeply disappointing… My favourite is the Penguin edition – but I’d happily take any of them!

    • Tammy

      Yes, the giant hand plays a big part in the plot, I don’t want to give it away unless you aren’t planning on reading it:-)

  2. Ooh, I really like how the Hungarian edition really brings the premise to life. I really love the colors and design on the Spanish edition as well. The Russian one sort of gives me an older Victorian vibe or something, haha–it’s still nice, but doesn’t fit the book. Great picks!

    • Tammy

      I agree with you about the Russian cover. It’s cool how they are all so different, right?

  3. I actually really like the Del Rey edition because of the cool effect of the square cutout on the dust jacket paired with the art printed on the front of the actual cover, but I agree when it is shown in 2D like that it is super boring 😀

    • Tammy

      I guess I’ve never seen the actual Del Rey book so I didn’t know there was a cut out. That would definitely improve things!

    • Tammy

      They are quite different, that’s one reason I love comparing covers from different countries:-)

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