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: “them bones, them bones, them dry bones.” – A cover featuring a skeleton.
I don’t have a lot of time right now to search for books with skeletons on them, and I’m sure there are better examples, but I decided to feature Looking Glass by Andrew Mayne this week, which features a part of a skeleton on the US cover. I loved this book (and the whole series!). Just four covers, so this will be quick:
U.S. Thomas & Mercer edition 2018 | Russian edition 2019
Ukrainian edition 2020 | Latvian edition 2019
This is an easy choice for me, since I’ve always loved the Thomas & Mercer edition, but I have to say the Russian edition is pretty good as well. That Latvian cover though? It’s a little weird!
It’s a good choice for this theme – I would have gone with this too tbh but I used this series myself fairly recently. Plus, I love that cover that you chose, I love the original covers for this series.
Lynn 😀
I love your choice and I had not seen that cover before. I think I have the newest book from this author on my shelf, and I’m grateful to hear you are a fan, Tammy.
Skeletons! Yesss I’m gonna do this as an excuse to shill Discoworld Death books (and totally not cause I’m running very behind on my scheduled review)
I love how the US and Ukranian covers for Looking Glass are so much more omnius than the other two
I can definitely say I dislike the Latvian edition the most.
Sometimes subtlety does it – those bones aren’t immediately apparent, but noticing them is what draws you in.
Hands down the US version is the best IMHO. However, I can’t stop looking at the Russian one and thinking “huh?’ I know you and Mogsy both love this series. Hope it continues being a good one for you.
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The US edition is my favortie too. I’m not really too fond of the other covers. They wouldn’t draw me in.
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Oooo…I like the US version the best, too.
(Also, I don’t participate in this because I don’t have the extra time to right now, but I always try to think about books I might have that fit the categories. I don’t know that I own a book with a skeleton on the cover…hmmm…)
My favourite is the first one – it’s the best cover by a long country mile – never mind about the bones:)). This is a series I’ve been promising myself to tuck into.
I’m with you on this one, I prefer the Thomas & Mercer edition, perhaps because it’s the one I read, but it also fits the story and series.
OMG I always thought it was just leaves on the US cover, I completely missed that there was a part of a bone. Nice pick!
I like the Ukrainian and also the US version. The US one is a little freaky with the bones!
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Huh. Only one of them has a skeleton. Well, that’s interesting. They all feature wildly different elements, and you could’ve told me they were all different books, and I would’ve believed it. xD Like … where did the Ukranian edition come from, with the random floating-looking car thing? xD
I like the first cover. It’s the one I own. And you reminded me I need to read it!
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I agree with you! 🙂
The Thomas & Mercer edition is fantastic and I completely agree about that last one being weird, especially when compared to the first three. It looks more like a YA contemporary cover.
I really love that cover with the leaves!
I agree with your choice! The skeleton is super subtle. I didn’t even notice it at first.
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I actually can’t choose — I think they’re all so atmospheric in different ways.