tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post2162907810271760581..comments2024-01-07T13:25:03.406+00:00Comments on Euro Crime: Juli Zeh's new book - cover/title opinionsKaren (Euro Crime)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03678348280806062648noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-52146010976316975952010-07-22T04:07:16.271+01:002010-07-22T04:07:16.271+01:00"Dark Matter" is a better title, even th..."Dark Matter" is a better title, even though dark matter is not mentioned in the book. Gravity <i>is</i> mentioned in the book, so I think "Gravity" might have been the best title of all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-34776705079963229522010-04-14T07:52:49.133+01:002010-04-14T07:52:49.133+01:00Interesting viewpoints.
I like the UK cover and a...Interesting viewpoints.<br /><br />I like the UK cover and also the UK blurb; that would interest me in reading the book. The book does sound like a philosophical (or physical) thriller.<br /><br />The U.S. blurb to me is all advertising-speak, all promotional phrases, no real content. It does not compel me to read the book.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-81738923347894725512010-04-11T08:01:16.334+01:002010-04-11T08:01:16.334+01:00I prefer the UK cover and title, and the US blurb,...I prefer the UK cover and title, and the US blurb, the US blurb is a bit zingier somehow.<br /><br />I agree with Maxine that sometimes the pigeonholing in the blurb can put off potential readers - the blurb for the excellent Water-Blue Eyes nearly put me off by describing it as "literary" crime fiction....LauraRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-5361665185543346092010-04-10T21:00:10.078+01:002010-04-10T21:00:10.078+01:00Well! Incidentally, another (US?) title for this b...Well! Incidentally, another (US?) title for this book is The Theory of Everything. This title, and Dark Matter, are plays on physics and some of the aspects of the book - Free Fall is irrelevant and so less powerful, I think.<br /><br />As to the blurbs- what can I say? The UK blurb is rubbish because it gives away a plot twist. I am incensed when I am told some event that happens on p 100 in the blurb. What 's the point of reading the book? On the other hand, the US blurb makes the book sound very pretentious and intellectual, and would put me off. In neither case does the blurb put this rather good book to its best advantage.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-57976961876809400372010-04-10T15:43:54.327+01:002010-04-10T15:43:54.327+01:00A new author to me, with an interesting plot.A new author to me, with an interesting plot.Harveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490108303790217277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-66585072310760989782010-04-10T08:06:12.294+01:002010-04-10T08:06:12.294+01:00I knew covers often are different but had no idea ...I knew covers often are different but had no idea the difference in 'blurbs' as well. <br />I like the UK blurb better, because it doesn't say much. The use of "apparently" in the US blurb (in context to kidnapped) seems to be a bit of a clue that shouldn't be there.<br />As far as covers, I like the UK better as well, but it looks a bit like a Krakauer cover somehow.<br /><br /><br />Sometimes in reading the blurbs you can't help but wonder if Scandinavian crime fiction existed before Stieg Larsson (snarky voice here!).Amy at The Black Sheep Danceshttp://www.theblacksheepdances.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com