Do Judge A Book By Its Cover: A Reluctant Cinderella
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Why we like/dislike it: A Reluctant Cinderella’s cover really doesn’t appeal to me at all. It seems far more something you would expect to find on a young girl’s book, aged 9-12 but certainly not on an adult women’s fiction books. The colours are far too wishy-washy, I’m not keen on the scrolled font of the word “Cinderella” and overall I think it’s a very weak book cover.
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Would we buy this book based on its cover? No.
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March 8th, 2011 at 4:19 pm
I agree it’s quite young. I do like the font.
March 8th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Font is ok, but I agree the colours are too wishy washy. And it needs a little more real life detail - the lone traffic light is not enough to put this into the modern world. Also, I want to see just a bit more of the woman getting out of the carriage. I get where the designer was coming from, I just see the result as a first rather than a final draft.
March 8th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
I’m afraid I don’t agree. I love this cover and if I saw it on a book shelf I’d certainly be drawn to pick it up.
March 8th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
I, too, disagree. The quality of the picture above doesn’t seem to really do it justice. I think it’s very cute and I adore cartoon covers, I’d definitely be drawn to it, no doubt about it!
March 8th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
I have read this book the cover is a bit on the young side and does not really reflect the story inside at all
March 8th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
I’m with Michelle, and that’s why I voted it so low. We’re not meant to be judging on the synopsis but my biggest bugbear with this book is that it’s about a football agent. No a bloody cinderella in a coach thing, a football agent and how on earth this cover reflects that is beyond me, which is why it gets 2 stars. For me, a cover should reflect the story, this doesn’t.
March 8th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Chloe! Breaking your own rules! But I would dislike this cover whatever the story. The Cinderella story is responsible for so much heartache and bad writing. But mostly I hate the shoe. If you’re going to put a shoe on the cover of a chicklit book you’d better make damn sure it’s a pretty shoe.
March 8th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
I agree with bondgirluk, Chloe, you can’t judge it based on the synopsis!
That being said…I think I might be surprised to learn this is a Chick Lit book after picking it up. It is a bit young, though I really love the font. But boy does that shoe stick out like a sore thumb to me! I think if the shoe looked a bit different I might like the cover a bit more. I know…silly, disliking a cover over a shoe. Oh well! The rest is still very pretty.
March 8th, 2011 at 8:32 pm
I think the cover’s quite cute and it would definitely catch my attention on a shelf! I know it doesn’t fit the story AT ALL, but it’s still a book I’d want to own based on the cover.
March 8th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Before I had read the synopsis though, I didn’t want to read it based on that cover. Only when I had to review it did I pick it up and love it, so I disliked it immensely first, but once I knew what was inside I disliked it more. I also stand by the fact it looks like a child’s book, not an adult’s book at all.