Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi - Covers

My best friend Mira won an ARC of this book several months ago, and I was determined to read it after that. I'm a bit annoyed that I hadn't read it sooner, because oh my God, was it amazing.

And as if reflecting the fact that there aretoo many words for me to choose the right one to describe this book, there's no way I'll ever be able to choose my favorite of the (many, many) covers:

Swedish; American, old; American, new; German; Unknown, possibly fan art; French; Italian
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 I can't choose just one, but I'm going to have to say that my favorites are the new American, unknown, and French covers. I really like the covers and simplicity of the new American one, although I think it could have been even better with the font and title style of the old American cover (I like the strike through the title). For the unknown one, I don't care that it's fan art; I like the picture, the format.... just about everything (except for the lack of an author's name). Then, I guess my favorite would have to be the French one - it's got a slightly different translated title, but the picture matches the story wonderfully and the stars coming through the window are absolutely beautiful.

There are also a few picture twins in here, so if you think you've seen the German or Italian ones before - you probably have. The German one has the same background as The Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon, and the Italian one has the same image as the German version of XVI by Julia Karr.

I don't think I have much to say about the Swedish one. While the picture fits the story, I don't like it or the colors very much.

So many covers for this one, but for the most part they're all very pretty!

~Sky

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