The original book cover:
I think the original book cover was directed towards teenage girls. I think this because it is a picture of a young girl on a swing and the 1 and 3 are in red while the other letters are in white and the are flipped from actual letters, which add a little bit of character to the cover and it seems to relate more towards girls. My flipped cover is geared towards boys. I made it very plain to catch attention and I put the title in block letters because that's more appealing to boys and I made the picture a cassette tape. Nice and easy but it also relates very well to the book. I don't really like the idea of gender driven books. I think you should be able to pick up any book, no matter the cover and read it. No matter if it has a dead body on the cover or a pretty flower. Any boy or girl should be able to read whatever book they like and not have to judge the book by its cover. The picture doesn't matter, its the story that matters and if you like the story the cover is should hold no power of persuasion over you.
I absolutely agree with you on all points. The original cover was clearly directed towards girls, whereas yours is obviously more 'masculine'. I'm also not a fan of gendered books.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your opinions and what you think. The idea/ point saying that the cover doesn't matter, it is the story that matters is something that I totally agree with. People shouldn't be judged by what books they read.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Taylor, and Olivia. I dislike that books have to be gender driven but most of the time they are. But... its really the peoples fault not the actual cover, if we didn't consider one cover "girly" over another we won't have any problems in the first place.
ReplyDeleteLove your flipped cover - I think you'd have to change the synopsis on the back, too, but I could see guys picking up the book based on your cover!
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