Name a book you picked up because it had a cool cover and regretted
Name a book you picked up because it had a cool cover and regretted?
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Name a book you picked up because it had a cool cover and regretted?
Oath of Dogs. I haven’t read it yet so I dont really regret it but it’s been on my shelf for a couple years
Elves by James Barclays. I just could not get into his writing style at all and put it down after 60 odd pages.
That my issue! Fantasy art looks so cool most of the time
Yep I was really looking forward to it, but man it was a struggle. Still it weirdly led me onto reading Robin Hobb, so something good came out of it ?
Gave me some “Aliens” vibes
I thought this looked fun but I just dont like his writing style
Death’s Mistress
Because on the cover, she was carry a cool sword
But within the book, she actually was not
Is this a reoccurring problem for Terry Goodkind?
Could be.
Second book in the series, she s carried the same sword on the cover, lol
And also on the back of the book Marion Zimmer Bradley had this rave review quote about the novel almost comparing it to Tolkien. I love Bradley and great artwork and a good backing by a great author is what convinced me to buy it when it was first published in hardback.
Between the Sea and Sky. Such a promising title too. Also, My Sister Sif. The setting was something I really wanted to see more of but it was just too unnecessarily sad
This one. Holy hell did it suck.
@Nazli i loved all her books
@Bobbi I’m glad for you 🙂 I hated the first one so never bothered with the rest.
The movie wasn’ that bad
this one… I hated it
Looks retro AF
@Hailey Yeah, the cover is absolutely incredible but the book was terrible. I just..I just… no.
@Adam-Caleb That reminds me of this one on my tbr
@Hailey Neuromancer is good. It’s a very fast paced book and the writing, although unique, won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. It’s one of those books that if you blink for a second you’ll lose what’s happening.
Eddings the Elenium. Absolute generic trash
Hows about the opposite? Books with terrible covers which turned out amazing?
@Hailey That’s not even a cool cover
Agreed, that’s a terrible cover. Great book though.
This one is worse. Wtf is that pose…
Knife of Dreams is worse imo. Shadar Logoth looks kinda cool
I would have thought Shadar Logoth was cool too if I wasn’t distracted by the Neanderthal contortionist boxer who skipped leg day standing in front of it…
I was like 12. This book is about an impossibly powerful kid who can do anything also the chapters are about a page long each (Patterson’s signature style) but it was so garbage I couldn’t believe it
Game of Thrones.
Something by Anne Bishop (sorry – I’ve forgotten the title, but it was the first of the Black Jewels books).
The End of Mr Y y Scarlet Thomas. Beautiful red, yellow and black cover with black page edges….rubbish story
@Sam I loved that book ? one of my favourites! Also chose it for the cover.
@Zoe oh really?! I just found she chucked a load of science jargon in that didn’t need to be there? It was a good few years ago I read it so maybe I need to give it another bash haha!! I still have it because…ya know, its pretty ?.