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: “Eyes wide shut.” – A cover featuring eyes.
This was surprisingly tough, but I finally decided to highlight a book that I read pre-blogging and really has nothing to do with my speculative fiction blog at all, yet it’s a book I loved. Wonder by R.J. Palacio hardly needs any introduction, a runaway middle grade hit that was recently made into a movie. The original Knopf cover features the illustrated face of August Pullman, a boy born with a condition that affects his appearance, and features August’s one good eye. It’s a wonderful, feel-good story about acceptance and tolerance, and there just happens to be a bunch of cool covers! Take a look:
Knopf 2012 (US) | Latvian edition 2014
Knopf 2017 Movie tie-in edition | Czech edition 2018
Doubleday UK edition 2012 | French edition 2014
Dutch edition 2013 | Slovak edition 2013
There are several covers that I really love. I have the original US Knopf edition, so I’m partial to that, and I love the colorful French edition. There’s something a bit creepy about the Latvian cover, though, don’t you think? I guess my favorite has to be the UK edition. I love the red and I think the design is perfectly done.
Good choice for this week’s theme! I really like the UK version, too – I think the Knopf edition is the creepy one… I saw it and was instantly put off before I took the time to find out what the book was about! *sigh* I’m SO shallow! Have a great weekend, Tammy:)
No not shallow! If you don’t know the story, it’s hard to like that cover:-)
Oh, these are all kind of interesting. I think I like the French edition best for some reason. 🙂
Hope you have a great weekend!
Me too, it’s one of my favorites:-)
I love the UK edition. Definitely my favourite.
Lynn 😀
Yes, UK is winning, I think:-)
What cool covers and as easy as the eye prompt seems, I can imagine it would be rather hard. I like the same one you picked but a close second is the Latvian Edition. However, it doesn’t seem to fit the story very well.
Yeah, I actually love the Latvian cover, but not for this particular story. It would be great on a horror/sci fi story!
I completely agree with your choice! I also love the way the quote is written, crossed out, and changed. That is really cool. I also own the original US Knopf edition!
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Now that I’ve seen the UK edition I wish I had a copy, as much as I love my Knopf, the UK is really a much better design:-)
I still need to read this book. I love all the covers, but think the last one, the red one, is my favorite as well.
It’s so good, I recommend it to everyone!
Hi, Tammy, those Brits always have the best book covers! lol I like that one too but tbh I see the US Knopf edition all over the place and it’s kinda creepy but it’s a cute illustration. Although it says nothing about what’s inside, it makes me wonder (pun intended) what the book is about. I appreciate your comments 🙂
I’ve been really liking UK editions better lately, for some reason. And the cover with one eye describes the physical appearance of the character, who I believe only has one eye because of his condition. I love the way the artist features it without having to go any further than that.
I think I kind of like the Czech version. 🙂
Me too, I actually like the cartoonish illustrated style:-)
I love your choice too! This is one instance where I actually like the movie cover a lot too, but I much prefer the same idea in illustrated style.
I agree, this movie tie-in is really good:-)
I’m leaning towards your choice. The Dutch cover caught my eye too.
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I like the Dutch cover too, it’s simple and gives a good sense of the story.
I like the Knopf probably just because it’s the one I’m used to seeing, but the red one you picked is fabulous too.
It’s funny how the familiar versions are usually the ones we like best, right?
I was going to say when I saw the Latvian one that it’s kind of creepy lol. I agree with your choice! I like the design and the colors and the crossed out words.
Love your pick! You always pick those that have such unique designs around the world. Never seen most of these too! 😀