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An appealing cover will make me more likely to pick up a book that's an unknown quantity to me—where I'm unfamiliar with the author and the book's reputation doesn't precede it—to then read the synopsis and see if it sounds interesting enough to go ahead and read. If I'm already familiar with the author or someone whose taste I vibe with has said their opinion of the book, that carries more weight than what the cover looks like.

Not this one

Well. That's sort of what I mean. I know The Yellow Wallpaper is considered horror, per instance, but I see it as historical. Kinda same with The Handmaid's Tale (novel, not tv show). If it's going to be about a woman living what some people might consider a normal life I'd rather not expose myself to it.

I don't know why, but grape and torture are easier on me that things that I know happen every day and are considered routine like genital mutilation.

Flowers for Algernon.

I didn't read it though so I'm not at all sure.

Algernon?

I don't judge a book by its cover. Typically I look at the title of the book and the name of the author.

The story is about the subtle and not so subtle harm women experience under the patriarchy, even at the hands of “good guys.” Like your own husband asking for a husband stitch. It follows a woman through her whole adult life

Let's be real, we all judge a book by its cover to some degree. It may be what draws us in initially or turns us off. if a book has an awful, cheap cover you got to think it reflects on the quality of the work inside. Just take a look at /r/TerribleBookCovers and you rarely see any quality works of literature over there. It's not always the case and sometimes you just get someone's weird idea of art or some design aspects that were trendy at the time of publication but generally speaking, cheap outside, cheap inside. Description, first few pages, random page reading, I give all a go and if it's good enough, despite a lacking cover, I'll give it a try.

I look at the cover, the title and the summary. I often take a picture of both side if I'm not buying it right away (like already buying too much books or only went to the bookstore to buy one book/serie in particular)

Sometime I only look at the author if I know that I like their work(Rick Riordan)

Absolutely! I love a nice cover and I'll pay extra if I can get a good looking book.

I actually put off reading The Red Tree by Caitlin R Kienan for a long time because the cover is so awful, and I'm annoyed I did because that book is a 10/10

Ugly covers are harder sells for me when perusing books. Unless it’s an author I’m already familiar with. The cover has to catch my eye. I’m not going to bother even reading the premise of a book if the author didn’t take time to find a good cover artist.

I’ll give it a second look if it has been highly reviewed by people I know and have good buzz on the internet. Especially if it’s a genre I favor.

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I absolutely do judge a book by its cover, particularly if it's an unknown (to me) author.
Best example happened to me a long time ago. War against the Chtorr had a 30's pulp cover so for a long time I gave it a pass, thinking it was schlock. Turned out to be brilliant.

It’s my favourite short story book, and your review has made me want to read it again.

I read this a few years ago. I ended up putting it down for a few months after reading “Especially Heinous.” Im not a book club type of person but I went looking for people to talk to about that story because it took over my brain for weeks and weeks. I ended up finishing the book eventually but pretty much all the other stories pale compared to that one.

Both are interesting, but murder mystery is way more safe for myself

Ah, thanks. I was afraid the whole story was "sex was painful after childbirth and then I found out they had given me the husband stitch". If it's something more elaborate than that, like "my husband asked and here are the repercussions" I would love to read it.

I like fair play whodunnits. Meaning all the clues are presented in the text before we're told the solution.

It’s implied that it happens to the MC, but it’s not really the focal point of the story. The “urban legend” aspects of that story are actual urban legends you might hear around a campfire

I have to ask if The Husband Stitch has any twist or if it is just a portrayal of the practice, because I find it happening too often that someone writes about a real, documented thing as if it was some obscure urban legand.

The vagueness was definitely a sticking point for me. I don’t necessarily want to be hit over the head with the point, but for some of these I was kind of left wondering what the ultimate message was. I think that just might be her style though

Her memoir isn't any better. I've read through all her stuff that I could find and ended up disliking her on top of her writing, she comes across as whiny and incredibly insecure. And repeatedly fails at proper endings or even a point.

I wish that you had given some clue of where you are so I could avoid coming there. Like murder? yikes