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: Out of focus – a cover that’s blurry.
I think just about every cover I found for this book is blurry, so I guess it was a good choice! The Girl on the Train is very popular so you can imagine there are tons of covers to choose from. Most of them feature a moving train and use that image as a “blurry” feature. Take a look:
U.S. edition 2015 | Italian edition 2015 | Portuguese edition 2015
Persian edition 2014 | Swedish edition 2015 | Vietnamese edition 2015
Lithuanian edition 2015 | Chinese edition 2015 | Persian edition 2015
Bengali edition 2015 | Spanish edition 2017 | Dutch edition 2016
I have two favorites, I just can’t choose between the Dutch and the Swedish editions. But I also love the U.S and the Italian and the Lithuanian covers!
I really like the Dutch version and quite like the Spanish version next to it too.
Lynn 😀
I actually find myself liking most of the covers so it’s kind hard to pick a favorite but I’m gonna go for the Lithuanian edition.
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Hard choice! I think I like the Italian cover the best because the colors make the plot inside seem more scary and sinister.
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I think I like the Spanish edition. 🙂
When it comes to motion and blurry I like the Vietnamese edition with that angled motion. But when picking a favorite overall cover I prefer the simplicity of the Chinese edition with the empty seat on the train looking out the window. I love the mood that creates.
I really like the Vietnamese edition with its blurry image of what could be the scenery flying by while the train runs at speed …
🙂
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The Portuguese edition really captures my attention!
I think I like the Swedish best. Our US covers rarely have faces on them, so that one intrigues me. I love how different they are from each other!
What a great choice for this week’s theme! I love this selection of covers – I found it really difficult to choose and finally narrowed it down to two – I love the Spanish and the Vietnamese – that angle of the speeding train works really well, I think.
I’m torn between the first one and the Spanish cover. Many of these look good though. I had fun reading this one too.
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Not really into blurry covers. 🙁 I would probably go with the ones you picked.
You’re right, all these are blurry or double vision, which is pretty cool! I like both the ones you chose, because they feature a person. I’m not really one for “just text” covers 😀
Nice picks! I’m leaning toward the Dutch being my favorite.
Great pick. I love the Dutch one and the Spanish one.
Oh gosh. I’ve learned something important about myself. As it turns out, blurry covers make me a bit sick. xD Which is weird, because I don’t have motion sickness (though, sometimes certain camera movements in video games can make me sick). I think the Swedish version is my favorite, because it’s still dark and ominous, but doesn’t make me sick, which is a plus!