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: A book with a furry critter on the cover
This week I picked Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones, a book I read only a few months ago and loved. Mongrels is a coming-of-age werewolf story, but it’s pretty intense and not for the faint of heart. Maybe werewolves aren’t the best choice for “furry,” but let’s go with it!
U.S. cover, 2016. This is actually the default cover for lots of editions, I just picked “U.S.” because this is the edition I own, and it’s also my favorite! I love everything about this cover: the artwork, the bright yellow sky, the looming, scary wolf/dog in the center, and the title and author font.
Spanish edition, 2019. I like this one too! The wolf on this cover almost looks human, the way he’s sitting. Which makes sense in a story about werewolves.
Turkish edition, 2018. I love this cover as well. It’s so ominous, the way the wolf head looks like it’s part of a tornedo. It perfectly captures the gritty sensibility of this story.
The wolf on the Spanish one looks so forlorn, poor baby! That’s my favorite one
Love the Spanish cover: the hints of humanity in the depiction of the werewolf seem to express a very poignant feeling… 🙂
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I like the Turkish cover, very interesting. This is another author I’ve yet to read but would very much like to.
I love the first cover! They’re all great though.
I just finished this and I loved it – even more than The Only Good Indian I think! That U.S.. cover is my favorite of the 3 too.
I’m not sure, I like them all!
I like the Spanish one.
The US cover is my fav too. The bright yellow background makes it so striking and I like the look of the wolf. It looks kind of feral, actually.
To me, the wolf on the Spanish cover looks defeated. I wonder if its body language touches on what happens to it by the end of the story.
Well, the US cover looks a bit scarier — which might be more suited to the description you mentioned. But I think like the Spanish cover the best – less scary, more humanoid.
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Okay, awesome choice! And I kinda like all 3 covers!
Werewolves are TOTALLY the perfect prompt for furry. Don’t be silly! It says furry, not cuddly! Although, I’d argue that werewolves are that, too. The Spanish edition cover is definitely my favorite on this one!
Oh it has to be the Spanish cover – it’s no contest. That human-like stance is so very memorable and disturbing… And very cleverly achieved.
These are all pretty interesting covers but I love the one with the orange background!
Great choice – I love the Spanish cover. It’s just something about the way the wolf is slumped in a very humanlike way.
Lynn 😀