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Extension_Virus_835 t1_j8bn10f wrote

Reply to Do you judge a book by its cover? What do you look at when deciding whether to rent or buy a book? by KittyLord0824

I almost 100% of the time judge a book by its covers. I hate the saying “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” I think it came from a time less thought was put into a cover when it was just a blank hardback because now covers are part of the reading experience.

There are millions of books in the world and thousands at every book store I cannot possible read the synopsis of every book and then decide what I want to read. I look for a cover that intrigued me, I’ll read the synopsis/look up reviews but it honestly is a huge tell for me.

If the cover is lack luster in my experience the book has been too, now don’t get me wrong some books have great covers but are still not great but I’ve tried before to push past my dislike for the cover before bc someone recommended it to me or it’s really popular but it’s always the same.

Covers are more than just pictures IMO they should (in theory) showcase the whole vibe that the book is going for. Take for example my most recent read Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, looking at the cover it’s interesting it looks retro and the wave is beautiful, now once you’ve read the book that cover makes 100% sense and like wow it’s such a good cover for the novel.

Idk how people choose books when shopping if not at least to some degree judging the covers if that’s you how the world do you do it?

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_Cereza t1_j8bm9bu wrote

Reply to Murder books by Tess_Odom

You like murder, period? No murder mystery? Murder thriller? Murder in a cozy town? You just like murder and that's about it?

I don't know why this phrasing makes me feel so uneasy lol. I enjoy a good murder mystery as much as the next one, but I don't read them for the murder part; I read them for the mystery aspect to them.

If you mean to say you're interested in why people would want to murder someone, what their whole motive/story was and not the murder itself, then I can understand your perspective better.

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