Tag: Jeff Lindsay

Friday Face-Off – 22nd June 2018

Friday Face-Off – 22nd June 2018

The Friday Face-Off is a meme originally created by Books by Proxy and now hosted over at Lynn’s Books. The idea is to compare the different covers of a book with each week being a certain theme.

This week’s theme is a cover featuring a murder scene: ‘Murder most foul, as in the best it is.’

This week’s book is Jeff Lindsay’s Dearly Devoted Dexter.

Cover A:

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Cover B:

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Cover C:

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Cover D:

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Cover E:

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Cover F:

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Cover G:

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Cover H:

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Cover I:

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And the winner is… COVER B!

The chalk outline is synonymous with a murder scene. The blood stains on the figure only intensify the dark vibe. Some of the other covers fit the TV series perfectly such as D and I, but I love B for it being removed from the show.

What are your thoughts? Do you agree with my winner, or does one of the others work better for you? Let me know in the comments!

Next weeks’ theme is a book cover that is predominantly red: ‘Lips as red as the rose.’

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Friday Face-Off – 28th July 2017

Friday Face-Off – 28th July 2017

Friday Face-Off is an idea originally thought up by Books By Proxy which I stole from the fantastic The Tattooed Book Geek. The idea originally was to compare UK and US covers based on an assigned theme each week and choose the winning cover. I will be twisting it slightly: not specifically US and UK covers, just different editions.

This week’s theme is a cover featuring a knife: “The kindest use a knife, because the dead so soon grow cold.”

For this theme I have gone for Double Dexter by Jeff Lindsay.

Cover A:

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Cover B:

knife2

Cover C:

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Cover D:

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Cover E:

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Cover F:

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Cover G:

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And the winner is… COVER C!

Cover C is a nice, simple cover. The predominantly monochrome feel with the vivid red is visually striking and eye catching. Covers D, F and G get a special mention as well.

What are your thoughts? Do you agree with my winner, or does one of the others work better for you? Let me know in the comments!

Next week I will be looking for a cover featuring fire: “From the ashes a fire will be woken.”