Cover Wars: French Lessons by Ellen Sussman

Posted By Chloe on September 22nd, 2011

A while ago, I made a post about the gorgeous book cover for Ellen Sussman’s debut novel French Lessons, saying how much I loved it and how classy it looked. Well since that cover was released, the cover has actually been updated, and I can’t honestly say I think it’s for the better. They’ve tried to brighten it up with the use of the red on the woman and red of the text with bigger lettering, and just a bit more light and yellow tones used on the bottom half, but I have to be honest and say I still like the muted tones of the first cover! I would definitely pick up the second one, don’t get me wrong, but I’m not 100% convinced it’s a great improvement on a cover that initially impressed me. What do you think?! Old cover (left) or new cover (right)?!

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8 Responses to “Cover Wars: French Lessons by Ellen Sussman”

Carole Matthews
September 22nd, 2011 at 12:28 pm

Love it! Like the second version better as the girl really pops from the cover and it seems much warmer. C : ) xx

Kat
September 22nd, 2011 at 3:56 pm

Left Cover

LeeB.
September 22nd, 2011 at 4:34 pm

I think the second version is better. I agree with Carole that the girl pops from the cover. On the first cover, she sort of blends into the street.

Leah
September 22nd, 2011 at 4:44 pm

The new one is better because it’s brighter, but this isn’t really a cover “wars” because they’re the same! They’re the same cover, only brighter!

Kevin Loh
September 23rd, 2011 at 4:44 am

The new one is soooo much better. It’s livelier and catches your eye almost instantly! Is there an excerpt for this? xx

Sib
September 23rd, 2011 at 3:50 pm

definitely prefer the second cover

Josefine
September 23rd, 2011 at 8:57 pm

Prefer the first and i must say that on a first glance I thought it was brighter. Some parts of the second cover is brighter but I wonder if it is the larger title that makes it look darker to me.

Katie
September 26th, 2011 at 10:45 am

Ooh, i’ve found an excerpt Kevin. Here you go http://www.scribd.com/doc/63976509/French-Lessons-Ellen-Sussman

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