Friday Face Off: ‘I got no strings to hold me down’
16 March 2018
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Keith Donohue, The Motion of Puppets
Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme created by Books by Proxy . This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite book covers. The rules are fairly simple each week, following a predetermined theme (list below) choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Future week’s themes are listed below. This week’s theme:
‘I got no strings to hold me down’ – a cover featuring a doll or puppet
This week I had one specific book in mind and thankfully it had two covers so thank goodness for that – I suspect there will be some excellent books (not to mention possibly creepy) this week My book is a read that I thoroughly enjoyed and definitely falls into the dark and creepy bracket: The Motion of Puppets by Keith Donohue
The cover on the right is the one I’m familiar with and it certainly is dramatic. But, I have to go for :
Which is your favourite?
Next week – a cover featuring a tower
Future themes:
23rd March – “When she was a child, the witch locked her away in a tower that had neither doors nor stairs.” – a cover featuring a Tower
30th March – ‘A little soil to make it grow’ – a cover featuring seeds/spores
6th April – “After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” – a cover featuring a family
13th April – ‘lawns and rocks and heather and different sorts of trees, lay spread out below them, the river winding through it’ – a cover featuring a panorama
20th April – Where there’s fire there’s… – a cover featuring smoke
27th April – ‘Those darling byegone times… with their delicious fortresses, and their dear old dungeons, and their delightful places of torture’ – a cover that is positively mediaeval
4th May- ‘A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister.’ – a cover featuring a hand/hands
11th May – ‘Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth’ – a cover featuring a dinosaur/s
18th May – ‘Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs;’ – a cover featuring a gravestone
25th May – Trip trap, trip trap, trip trap – a cover featuring footsteps
1st June – clinging and invasive – a cover featuring creeping vines
8th June – Raining Cats and Dogs – a cover featuring a stormy sky
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The one you selected is sweet, but I like the hint of creepiness from the one with the puppet looking figure on it.
It’s well done and very dramatic and the puppet looks almost more human – which is very fitting.
Lynn 😀
They both look awfully creepy. I prefer the other one though.
It’s a good cover and very dramatic.
Lynn 😀
I was finally able to join in this week! And I almost picked this book as well, but I thought of another one at the last minute. This is tough, I like both covers for different reasons😊
I loved your choice.
Lynn 😀
Good choice! The doll’s face on the cover might project innocence, but there is something quite different in the eyes, something quite chilling….
TBH I always find dolls a bit scary.
Lynn 😀
The left handed cover is so creepy! Did ye read this one?
x The Captain
Yes, it was very good. Creepy – but I like creepy every now and again.
Lynn 😀
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I like the one you picked! This week was hard! I don’t read creepy books so I tried to find a book with a sweet little girl holding a doll that isn’t creepy! I was able to find A Little Princess 🙂 This is my favorite meme! Thanks for keeping it going!
No worries – looking forward to seeing your cover.
Lynn 😀
I prefer the other one as I love the landscape:)). And once again, a strong choice for the week – I’m a tad concerned though… The subject of doll or puppet (children’s toys) has produced the creepiest covers so far! Have a great week:)
I thought this week would produce creepy covers – dolls, puppets, clowns – brrrr.
Lynn 😀
Oh it did – some of the covers I encountered were INTENSE! I might need therapy *whimpers*
Haha – it seems to have been a theme with scary covers.
Lynn 😀
I had this book in my head ever since I found out about the topic! But of course, I haven’t read it…I didn’t even know it had another cover. I think I prefer the original one on the right!
I like the doll because it creeps me out but I like the original cover too. There’s something lifelike about the puppet and in many respects it’s more fitting for the story.
Lynn 😀
I’ll take the second one, even though it seems kinda dark, because the first one with the close up of the doll’s face kinda creeps me out. 🙂
Haha – that’s precisely why I chose it to be honest. This is a creepy book and that cover does give the right vibe. I do like the other one as well – it’s more dramatic.
Lynn 😀
I love the one on the right, it’s like a creepy stage set! I love that glow of coming from the houses and the plume of pink clouds 😀
It’s a really good cover – especially because the actual puppet seems less like a puppet and more like a human
Lynn 😀
I love those covers. Delightfully creepy!
I do like creepy covers – and books.
Lynn 😀
Ooo Lynn this is a tough one! I think I have to agree with your choice… just! 😀
Haha – I think the other cover proved more popular tbh – not sure if that’s because my choice is too scary.
Lynn 😀