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 want to read it more since I find it very interesting. Im a super fan of mystery/thriller and even paranormal stories, so basically ghost on the cover makes me want to read it.
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Post by Kristin Ransome »

The cover did motivate me to look at the book, as I initially thought it would somehow involve the story of Scream (to which I was minorly disappointed)!
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I am in love with the Scream movies, i own everyone, and watch them at least once a month, i am a very big fan. So once i saw the cover with ghost face on it, i of course wanted to read it front to back immediately!
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The cover picture immediately placed the book in the horror genre. Since I am not a fan of the genre, it just told me to stay away from this one.
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To be honest, not at all but perhaps its more of fiction and am was looking for something more.
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The cover first of all did grab my attention, as ghost face often does, but you know, scream again? something that's gonna be just like that? I was unsure, so I read the sample, and found it to be different. I might read it, but the cover was a bit misleading.
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The illustration is attractive and immediately makes potential readers think of the 'Scream' movies. It think it's great that a cover can immediately convey to a reader what is to be expected from the story. However, for me, it made it clear that it was not what I was looking for at that moment. This is not to say that I don't think it would be an enjoyable read.
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The cover is not terrible. Would I jump to read this book based on the cover? Definitely not.
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I just recently started getting back on this website so seeing that face on last month's featured book was definitely a happy surprise. I have been watching the "Scream" franchise ever since I was a kid so it was very nostalgic and it has put it on my "to-read" list for sure!
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I have never been into horror movies, such as Scream, and therefore the Ghost Face on the cover was almost the reason I didn't read the book! If the image was any indication of how the book was going to be, I knew it wasn't for me. Thankfully I decided to give it a try anyway and was relieved that the whole book wasn't actually about/centered upon that Ghost Face picture!
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The ghost spooked me at first but then it made my interest in the book grow so it made me want to read it more
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I haven't read the book yet, but the cover sure did get my attention and made me put this one on my reading list.
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Post by Rangerkay »

I don't handle reading horror very well. I'm more of a thriller and less of a horror reader, so the cover made me want to read it less. In fact, I barely glanced at the description of the book because I felt that the cover said enough.
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Post by SammieG17 »

I love the scream movies so, yes the cover of the book definitely made me want to read it.
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Definitely more! It's more often than not thrilling to step out of one's safety net and into uncharted waters.
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