Did 'Ghost Face' on the cover make you want to read the book more or less?

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Re: Did 'Ghost Face' on the cover make you want to read the book more or less?

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I think it's a really cool cover and I want to read it more because of it.
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The face on the cover did not play a major role in my deciding to read the book. It was, fascinating, however and I can't discount its impact.
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It does gain my attention one thing for sure
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Ghost face is a mixed message to me. I've seen it used for both horror and comedy...so I'm not entirely sure what to expect from a book that uses it on the cover.
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The cover makes me pull up a second screen to cover it so that I don't have to see it while I'm on the book club site. I'm not sure I even went to see what the story is about though I normally read summaries. Don't like reading the reviews because the cover is on the page. It's just bloody and ugly. Yuk.
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Eh, I didn't have any major feelings about the Ghost Face. It reminded me of the Scream movies though-but I didn't connect that storyline with this one.
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Post by Magoti »

The cover "Ghost face" made me to read the book, because i what to know how does ghost face look like? is't good? or it is bad? so the cover is good
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Cover is one of the reason I pick a book and since I'm a wimp at reading horror, the book gave an eerie vibe which made me passed up on it.
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The ghost face mask was kind of creepy for me. I was put off the moment I saw it. It inspired the sort of horror that is not represented in the book. I only got to know this after I had read some parts of the book. I think a less haunting image will attract more readers.
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The cover did not encourage me to read the book. I am not a fan of horror and that is what the cover seemed to portray. After reading a good portion of the book, I find that the cover did not accurately represent the themes or tone of the book.
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Yeah, the "Ghost Face" definitely made me want to read this book. I was a big fan of the "Scream" movies in my younger days and it is a real attention-grabber!
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The face on the cover made me want to read the book immediately! I do find that the cover of a book affects my likelihood to read a book, and if the cover isn't exciting, it tends to fall to the end of my TBR list. Does this happen to anyone else?
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I didn't know the term ghost face is famous. I mean I never thought there's a name for it. Anyway, the cover made me feel it's a really scary thriller book so I was a little bit hesitant to read it at first.
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I would say that the cover made me want to read it because a picture is more then 1000 words, and because the title shows what you are going to read about.
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Post by Jagiine »

I personally do not find the cover appealing. I can enjoy a C/T/M/H book sometimes, but only when there's the promise of a good story to go with it all. The cover focuses on the creepy aspect of it all, but does not give me the impression that anyone in the story will actually matter.
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