Blood Noir

[cherith.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the cover Amazon has up for AB:VH book 16? This thing totally caught me by surprise as I was browsing recommendations over at Amazon. I had to click just to make sure it wasn't some other "Blood Noir" novel.

at Amazon.

I would totally buy this book if I'd never heard of LKH. It's sort of a Saw type cover, or J-Horror movie cover, not something I'm used to seeing in reference to any LKH novel. I definitely won't miss the weird angled shots of naked women and the occassional man. What do you think?

Comments

[drho.livejournal.com]

I think it's disgusting. Considering the likely content, the cover reminds me of a backalley abortion or violent gynecology.

[dreamstrifer.livejournal.com]

Hmm... apparently Anita's into sewing now?

Sewing with BLOOD and ORGASMS. HOw would that even work?! Ugh, wrong question. Anita could make it work, and it'd make me cry.

[quizzicalsphinx.livejournal.com]

Since I missed commenting on the previous cover-snark post: ye-e-e-ah. I totally suspect that this was the publisher's idea to try to give the impression that the series is moving back toward crime-solving rather than rampant sexcapades. I further predict that we're going to hear at least one blog-entry about how LKH didn't like it but the publisher insisted.

There better be goddamn scissors in this book. All I'm sayin'.

[a-proclivity.livejournal.com]

I missed the flog before, and I'm sad cause I was there and though the cover looked cool too. I completely ignored the LKH name on it. Apparently my brain has had enough and is trying to protect me from the bad p0rn. Good to know there is some sort of defense mechanism working, even if I chose to disregard it. I still look at train wrecks too!

[lastshotringing.livejournal.com]

Where's the nudity? I'm confused.

[pith]

It has been brought up before, but... yeah. It looks like the cover to a British crime mystery or something. Maybe that is the British cover and Amazon US is only using it as a placeholder? Hard to say. It could be an attempt to try to legitimize her, though—or at least stop people from taking the dust jacket off before they read it on the train.

After all, if people can't see the dust jacket, how are they supposed to know it's an LKH book?

[fangedsekhmet.livejournal.com]

Maybe one of the man-toys is having the snip?

[skeezix74.livejournal.com]

I've nothing to add except to say your icon made me snort root beer out my nose. Thanks! ;-)

[firesongvx.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I really like this cover! Unlike just about everyone else, apparently, I hadn't seen it yet - so thanx for sharing. :) It's very stark and gritty...cool in a slightly creepy kind of way. Which, of course, makes it just about the worst damned case of false advertising that I've ever seen. :P

[teacup-carousel.livejournal.com]

Wasn't this already done a few posts down? I'm confused.

[moonsinger.livejournal.com]

If it is anything like Saw that would be plenty of incentive for me to not buy the book.