tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post7491177677153150414..comments2024-01-07T13:25:03.406+00:00Comments on Euro Crime: Bad Intentions - Cover OpinionsKaren (Euro Crime)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03678348280806062648noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-83895675541625067672011-07-21T06:55:55.986+01:002011-07-21T06:55:55.986+01:00UK cover, without a doubt.
I don't understand...UK cover, without a doubt.<br /><br />I don't understand what the US cover represents. It looks like someone just ran a streak through orange paper.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-91093047866400912782011-07-20T21:58:21.755+01:002011-07-20T21:58:21.755+01:00But Broken is the book by her that most sticks in ...But Broken is the book by her that most sticks in my mind compared with all the others. Also, there is a policeman at the end who "could" be Sejer ;-) (though he is not named).Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-1972021254090907862011-07-20T15:32:39.269+01:002011-07-20T15:32:39.269+01:00Definitly the UK one! The US is nasty!Definitly the UK one! The US is nasty!Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-69870342187650926442011-07-20T10:47:25.743+01:002011-07-20T10:47:25.743+01:00... but why did they choose to say "Author of...... but why did they choose to say "Author of Broken"? Any of the others would be more relevant, given that Broken is one of the only ones without Inspector Sejer ...Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-60982629603593251562011-07-19T20:45:52.369+01:002011-07-19T20:45:52.369+01:00Agreed, the UK cover is superior. It is also relev...Agreed, the UK cover is superior. It is also relevant to the plot. I don't like orange covers (eg One Day by David Nicholls) and I don't like what looks like bad photoshopping on it.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-4362933445286717432011-07-19T20:14:02.316+01:002011-07-19T20:14:02.316+01:00An orange cover? Yuck.
The UK cover with the boa...An orange cover? Yuck. <br /><br />The UK cover with the boat and the blue colours is nicely suggestive of the tension that is waiting for you inside this book.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-37278793723885651442011-07-19T15:10:30.959+01:002011-07-19T15:10:30.959+01:00I much prefer the UK cover.I much prefer the UK cover.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-31851593656128209802011-07-19T15:01:02.433+01:002011-07-19T15:01:02.433+01:00The UK cover is far better, and also is very relev...The UK cover is far better, and also is very relevant to the plot.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-77123723867463395022011-07-19T14:51:16.095+01:002011-07-19T14:51:16.095+01:00The UK cover, without a doubt. RE the US one, is t...The UK cover, without a doubt. RE the US one, is that a rope? And signifying what?Philip Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739418522974972567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-83913781917093147422011-07-19T14:43:01.880+01:002011-07-19T14:43:01.880+01:00Karen - I prefer the UK cover as well. Somehow it&...Karen - I prefer the UK cover as well. Somehow it's got more character to it, for lack of a better way to express what I think... ;-).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-83264007447961940862011-07-19T14:13:39.176+01:002011-07-19T14:13:39.176+01:00The boat on the water relates to the central event...The boat on the water relates to the central event in the story. The fact that it is empty could be seen as symbolic.<br /><br />I don't understand the US cover. I assume that it is dark water, although it could equally well be rumpled silk(?)Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32065323.post-62923981006883895922011-07-19T13:54:05.503+01:002011-07-19T13:54:05.503+01:00I prefer the UK cover, which I should qualify by a...I prefer the UK cover, which I should qualify by adding that it's on the assumption this is a regular genre crime novel. The block of single colour in the US version makes it look more like regular literary fiction. (Though maybe it's borderline, in the way that The Time Traveller's Wife isn't genre SF, for example, despite having a science fictional premise?)Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.com