The Friday Face-Off: Out of Focus

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!


Which is your favorite?

Posted April 17, 2020 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 15 Comments

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15 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Out of Focus

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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 😀

  4. 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!

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