However, this time for some reason the Uglies series (or is it still a trilogy?) by Scott Westerfeld caught my eye and I picked up a few of the books. I bought the series when it first came out so all the ones I own have the original covers on them. I had noticed the cover change a while back but had never actually taken the time to fully look at them.
If you are not familiar, here are the originals:
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And here are the changes:
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I'm not sure why they were changed, but I do think the new covers illustrate what the overall story is better than the originals. That being said, I don't really like them. These new covers are quite pretty...yet slightly creepy (especailly that first one). I don't know what it is about them...I feel like these pictures belong in magazines or something rather than on book covers. I definitely prefer the original covers and kind of wish they hadn't been changed.
What are your thoughts on this cover change? How do you feel about cover changes in general?
The ones I have are the original covers, but honestly, I don't really like either of them all that much. I think I prefer the second covers slightly because, as you mentioned, they illustrate the story better, but they're still pretty plain. I'm pretty "meh" on both cover sets.
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