Fozzie wrote:
Now that I have read the book I think the cover shows August walking into a tent with Jacob watching him from the shadows. Prior to reading the book, I thought it was a performer walking into a circus tent.
Generally, I am not much into the covers of books. I don't use them to help decide whether or not to read a book, so I usually don't really look at them until I have finished the book.
Thats a pretty good thought about what it could be, because August or Uncle Al, would be dressed like that, and that could be Jacob in the background watching. I just found that shadowy figure in the background very interesting from the first.
As for deciding about a book from the cover before you buy them, I do know they want eye appeal to get people to pick it up and read about it and then buy it, so covers are very important. But on this one, for me, from this cover I would have passed it by without reading about it. The reason is, what a lot of us said, we weren't interested in circus books. I wasn't, it took all the buzz about it to get me to then read about the story and buy the book because the cover definitely looked like just a circus story especially with the name. Who knew how good a circus book could be!
vivico1 wrote:
Fozzie wrote:
Now that I have read the book I think the cover shows August walking into a tent with Jacob watching him from the shadows. Prior to reading the book, I thought it was a performer walking into a circus tent.
Generally, I am not much into the covers of books. I don't use them to help decide whether or not to read a book, so I usually don't really look at them until I have finished the book.
Thats a pretty good thought about what it could be, because August or Uncle Al, would be dressed like that, and that could be Jacob in the background watching. I just found that shadowy figure in the background very interesting from the first.
As for deciding about a book from the cover before you buy them, I do know they want eye appeal to get people to pick it up and read about it and then buy it, so covers are very important. But on this one, for me, from this cover I would have passed it by without reading about it. The reason is, what a lot of us said, we weren't interested in circus books. I wasn't, it took all the buzz about it to get me to then read about the story and buy the book because the cover definitely looked like just a circus story especially with the name. Who knew how good a circus book could be!
I didn't think much of the cover at first. I guess that is why it took me so long to pick it up and read it. After finishing the book, i think the person in the tent is Uncle AL. He was found rolled up in the tent after the disaster. I think he was the only one to wear red. Even though he wasn't the focus of the story, it was still his circus, and he is keeping tabs on what is going on.
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