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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might be surprised at the beginning ... with the appearance of a ghost face will be more interesting to read
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To me, the ghost face cover does not make me feel as if I want to read the book more or less. To be honest, the cover does not look any scary nor very interesting at all. I have seen it a lot in the scary movie so the ghost face seems comical. I usually rely on the preface or epilogue or summary to determine whether I want to read a book more or less. But it sometimes changes depending on the actual storyline.
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I'm not a fan of the overall layout of the cover, but the face did intrigue me on the book.
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The cover is a definite invitation to be read. Really good work done on that aspect of the book.
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Less - unfortunately I found it too cliché, but then again, I should stop judging books by their covers...!
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Ghosts depicts horror or mystery to me and I like that! So yes, it is part of why I want to read it.
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The ghost face resonates with the idea of fear in the title of the book. It gives a lot of resemblance to the banal usage of such covers in movies. It is quite creative of the author to use such a cover to attract readers. It definitely made me want to read it.
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The title seemed to be attractive to me.
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Post by Sillywillis »

I'm not familiar with scream but ive seen it before and seeing it on a totally unrelated cover sortof made me think that it was copy and pasted or the book was a fan fic. I think the book is great but the cover looks like something you might search on google images. :eusa-think:
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.it always lives me shaking if I force to read or watch a horror.this is not for me.
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Actually, the face on the cover did the magic. It attracted to reading the book.
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Post by ben2sweet »

yes because I have seen a ghost and don't know what it looks like. I only see some things been called ghost in movie, sometimes they look like humans and sometimes animals. so it makes me wanna read the book and picture the ghost face
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it didn't make me want to read it at all, it was scary at first, staring at the cover felt like falling into a dark hole but the premise of the book itself is nice if only one can get past the cover.
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Post by Shirley-Mercy 8 »

I myself am not a good fan of horrors
The cover itself and the title "ghost face"
....buh am willing to try out new stuff
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I like the cover, it definitely attracted me to the book.
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