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: “Lips as red as the rose.” – A cover that is predominantly red.
I love these color oriented themes! There were a couple of good choices for me this week, but ultimately I decided on Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, a book I LOVED a few years ago (when are you writing something new, Blake??). This is a twisty science fiction thriller that kept me guessing, and you can read my original review here if you’d like to learn more.
In the meantime, let’s take a look at some of the many covers available. Not all of these are red, but the copy I own is, so that’s why I chose it:
Crown edition 2016 | Macmillan edition 2016
Pan edition 2017 | Broadway Books 2017
Italian edition 2017 | Spanish edition 2016
Estonian edition 2016 | Russian edition 2017
Hungarian edition 2016 | French edition 2017
Most of these are pretty good, the only one I don’t care for too much is the Spanish edition, which for some reason makes the book look like a biological thriller. I do love the Crown edition, which is the one I own, but I think my favorite is the one from Broadway Books, which is more interesting overall:
I love the red covers for Dark Matter, especially the first one. It *feels* like the book. I liked Dark Matter, thought it was a really weird and interesting concept.
That’s what I thought too, that the red covers really work well for the story:-)
Wow, who knew so many covers existed? I really like the Pan Edition because of the pattern work on it.. The French edition also intrigues me quite a bit. I’m pretty sure I have this on my Kindle because I got it as a daily deal once.
Oh you should read it! Super fun and fast paced.
What a great choice – I like your pick, which I think is because it’s the one I’m most familiar with but I also really like the Pan Edition – it’s probably my favourite overall.
Lynn 😀
Yes, I love the Pan edition! It’s really hard to choose.
My favorite is the one by Broadway Books as well. And I also like the French edition.
The French cover is really different from all the rest, but I like it as well.
I haven’t read this one – and I think I should! The covers are all well done – even the Spanish one, though I take your point and agree with it. My favourite is the Pan edition – I do like the detail and the 3-D effect with the two people who look rather trapped. Effective and eye-catching… A great choice, Tammy:)
Thanks Sarah, this is so much fun, if you ever have time to read it:-)
I’m not a huge fan of text-only covers, so I was immediately drawn to the ones with more graphics. I actually kind of like the Russian edition, it looks like the poster to an action movie I would want to watch!
Oh it totally does look like an action film! I was surprised at how different all these covers are.
I loved this book so much! It’s hard to pick a favorite because these are all pretty great, but the top four with the red and black are the ones I prefer.
Yay! Another fan:-) Yes, I agree, I think the red fits the story for some reason.
Well, this reminded me that I still need to pick this book up, so thanks, Tammy! 😀 I’ve never really liked how huge the text is in the Crown edition, so I guess I’ll go with the French edition? It’s still got the text in the background, but I quite like the abstract graphic that’s at the forefront.
I like how different the French edition is. I hope you get to read it, it’s seriously fun!
Tbh I find the Crown edition kinda plain since it’s just text :-/ I really like the Italian edition with the skyline! But you’re right, they did make the Spanish one look like a biological thriller. I haven’t read this one, but I might since I like a good twisty sci-fi every now and then!
Ooh Dark Matter- awesome!!! I absolutely love the Pan 2017 edition, so that one would be my favorite by a country mile. 🙂
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