Yeah, that cover is pretty bad. I haven't read the book but I wouldn't bother if that was the cover I saw first.
Covers really are important. I bought new paperback copies of the Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner and they all got checked out immediately, while the ugly hardcovers sit on the shelf. (Well, The King of Attolia isn't an ugly cover, because it's new, but you know what I mean.) (c:
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Date: 2009-01-04 01:39 am (UTC)Covers really are important. I bought new paperback copies of the Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner and they all got checked out immediately, while the ugly hardcovers sit on the shelf. (Well, The King of Attolia isn't an ugly cover, because it's new, but you know what I mean.) (c: