Battle of the Book Covers - Polgara the Sorceress
It took me a while to find the two covers for this battle, but I finally did.
Welcome to another edition of Battle of the Book Covers! I have another round of the same book with different covers, and I find this one just as interesting as the Sabriel covers.
So let the battle begin!
I think this edition more than any others are based on my personal preferences. These covers are similar and what I have to say about them is mostly what I find aesthetically pleasing rather than drawing purely on my experience with graphic communications.
That being said, I very much like the first cover. This cover has Polgara facing the cover in what is a very body choice in body language. Polgara is a spunky woman with a lot of sass along with power. I feel this cover does a better job of portraying that. Not only that, there are the elements of the tree and the white owl that are clear with their own place on the cover after the dominant Polgara.
In the second cover Polgara looks more wistful and sad, which is okay, but in comparison with the first cover, I’d rather read about a take charge woman. This cover is very cold (I’ve seen the actual cover – not just the one on Amazon.com). It does less of inviting me to come in and enjoy the story and more of telling me to sit down and be a witness.
Which could be just as well, given the story.
I think the Eddings name shouldn’t have been quite so big. Perhaps Polgara is looking so sad because she’s about to be crushed by the massive Eddings name…
Overall, I declare the first cover the winner. As I said, though, this is by far the battle that is most about my personal preferences.
What do you think?
November 14th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
My eye’s drawn to the colors in the top cover, so that’s the one I’d go with. By comparison, the blues don’t hold my attention. Heck, I’m not sure they even get my attention, let alone hold it.
November 14th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
That’s a huge part of it as well. The second one isn’t nearly as eye-catching.
November 26th, 2007 at 12:41 am
I hate to be the one to dissent but I like the second book cover because the first one has too much brown in it. Brown reminds me of sh*t.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:09 am
You should see the first cover first hand. The online picture is good, but the actual book cover is much better.
June 15th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
I like the second better. I tend to read melancholic sort of books, and the second cover really says “read me, dude, im all saddy”
June 15th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Were I going for a melancholic book, I would definitely be inclined toward the second cover.