So what are you thoughts on the US (LHS) and UK (RHS) covers? Which would entice you to pick the book up if you were not familiar with Fred Vargas?
If you have read it, how well does the cover match the story?
Here are the Euro Crime reviews by Fiona and Michelle.
UK paperback:
I like the bottom one best. The US version looks too bloody for an Adamsberg story, although I've yet to read this particular one. The blue covers are more stylish and subtle, which seems better suited to Vargas' quiet hero and thoughtful approach to story-telling.
ReplyDeleteI hate the US cover. The UK covers are nicer and more attuned to the story. (I think you meant to write Vargas and not Dahl in your post?)
ReplyDeleteI like the one top right. Nice & brooding. Definitely suggests the dark corners of a Vargas tale, tho I haven't read this one yet.
ReplyDeleteI prefer the ones on the right.
ReplyDeleteKaren - My choice is the UK hardback. It's really cmpelling!
ReplyDeleteUgh, the US version is ghastly! The other two are far more evocative of the story. I think, if pressed I'd have to say I like the bottom one best.
ReplyDeleteI am in agreement with the others, the US one is awful in general and particularly horrid for a book in this series (though I haven't read this one either). The US cover would put me off buying the book.
ReplyDeleteI have to say that living over here in the U.S., that I read the version with the U.S. cover. It was fine, although at the time I had wished I were holding a book with a less graphic, gory cover.
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