Ughhh! I LOVE the Bayern Books by Shannon Hale, and it really irritated me when they changed the covers. The painting ones were absolutely beautiful, and I cannot understand why they would put models instead. Shannon said that they were there to help new readers envision the characters, but personally, I just prefer to imagine my own.
And mostly I look at those kids and say, 'I'm not particularly intrigued by your face', which has nothing at all to do with the book.
Exactly. And it's even worse when they actually get the props wrong. There was a scene in Goose Girl where the girls talk about how low the neckline should be, and that thing Enna is wearing on the cover would never pass. And yet it's there!
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Date: 7/8/12 04:36 pm (UTC)And mostly I look at those kids and say, 'I'm not particularly intrigued by your face', which has nothing at all to do with the book.
Exactly. And it's even worse when they actually get the props wrong. There was a scene in Goose Girl where the girls talk about how low the neckline should be, and that thing Enna is wearing on the cover would never pass. And yet it's there!