When The Book Isn't as Good as The Cover

I love anything pretty and that includes pretty book covers. I adore ones that are colorful, mixed with lovely illustration and great fonts and voila, it catches my attention. There are times when I am so in love with them I feel like framing and hanging them as wall arts. Well, truth to be told, not all that glitters are gold, you will find that not all those cute stuff have good story behind them.

In fact, I had been trapped for so many times already. I am an idiot, obviously, no matter how many times I have been fooled, I am still attracted to pretty covers. Maybe this explains why it's impossible for one to be sensible when he/she is in love? *shrugs*

You know, when I am being lied to, I feel betrayed. I hate those covers for making me believe that the sucky stories worth my time. I hate them because they deceive me into thinking that the characters are the person at the front of the book (well, I found out that sometimes book cover designers would just put whatever they think suits the book best). It makes my stomach churn especially if the book is a pain to read and oh, I usually throw snarky remarks that the cover is the only thing nice when it happens.

While I believe that every book cover should be as artistic as possible, it still has to be truthful to the content. Don't put a warrior outside if the characters don't even fight. Don't place a white girl picture if the heroine is Japanese. Easy, right? It's 2015, you can find a book cover accurate enough for your book with a single mouse click.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I see this happening more in YA literature. They tend to have extremely attractive covers (gorgeous dress or a character with coolest weapon while in the book,she doesn't really fight). This is also makes me reluctant to add YA books on my to-read list.

Related post : Why I Am Not Really into YA Books

Does this happen to you as well? Do you get mad when the covers are deceitful? What kind of book cover do you like and dislike? Please share your story!

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