The Friday Face-Off: Chaotic

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 cover with too much going on.

I think you can have a chaotic cover that’s still really good, and that’s how I feel about my pick this week, Zoo City by Lauren Beukes. I really like a couple of these covers, but there is a lot going on, lol. Take a look:

Angry Robot edition (U.S./UK) 2010 | Angry Robot Kindle edition 2011

Russian edition 2011 | Hungarian edition 2012

The Russian edition in particular is what prompted me to choose this book. You have to admit that is one crazy cover! I really love both Angry Robot covers, and I think the one I own is the first one, so it’s a bit sentimental. But my favorite is definitely the Hungarian edition. It’s stylish and conveys the story really well, and it’s not as over the top as the Russian edition. Although that tiny title and author font aren’t good at all, I’m not sure why the publisher thought that was a good idea! But the artwork? Big “yes” from me.


Which cover is your favorite?

Posted July 30, 2021 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 9 Comments

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