Read the Euro Crime review (by Maxine) of Hypothermia.
So what are you thoughts on the UK (LHS) and US (RHS) covers? Would either entice you to pick the book up if you were not familiar with Indridason?
(Incidentally at the time of writing, the blurb on amazon.com is actually for The Draining Lake!)
11 comments:
I like them both but the US one would probably work better to draw in those unfamiliar with him
I love the UK version. It looks deeply icy cold and surreal.
I think they both work well. My personal choice would be the one on the right. I find it more intriguing.
Really like that US cover - more mysterious with the figure walking towards the red section.
Bought the UK edition just the other week and on same day bought Stuart B Macbride's HalfHead - was shocked when I got home that both books colours are almost identical - I must have been having a hazy green kind of day!
As a fan of his books it's nice that the same typeface has followed through for now - but maybe it is time for a change to encourage new readers to discover this great novelist and his character.
Yes the green/blue is quite popular these days see: http://eurocrime.blogspot.com/2010/03/covers-from-same-front-garden.html!
I like the UK cover. A novel with that title deserves a cover that makes me feel cold.
ooh Karen, I have just read those front garden books...aren't they spooky? For Hypothermia, for me, the UK cover wins hands down - it is just so cold.... you just know you are going to be reading something really icy indeed, and you would be right.....
I like both - the UK one feels colder but it's a bit nondescript in a way. The US one is more eye-catching (although I think without the red part it wouldn't have the same impact).
UK cover, hands down, wins my vote. It's clean and conjures up feelings of the cold, chilly northern climates.
I often find simpler to be better. Sometimes "less is more," to coin a phrase.
The UK version - as nearly always.
Just another comment: I much prefer the UK cover, which usually hits the nail on the head, so to speak, especially on the Nordic fiction.
Sometimes the US cover misses the boat on what should be conveyed to the reader, the feel for Scandinavia, in particular.
And sometimes the US covers have too much on them; they're overdone.
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