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The cover is a bit misleading in that you only get to see its relevance as you read the book. Perhaps a more straightforward cover would work better.
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The cover was an illustration of what the book is about. I was able to deduce that the book depicts injustice and racism by the cover, which shows a woman being beaten
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I think the art cover clearly depicts the theme of racism that is evident through out the novel.
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This book completely follows the 'never judge a book by its cover' maxim. A first glance at the cover art and I might as well drop it and not even take a peep, but I'm glad I took it up. The book perfectly depicts the details and significance of the cover on the long run
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For me, the cover is the best fit for the book. It's a portrait of the exact message of the book.
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I must say, the initial impression I had of this book, and thus my first impression of it, was not nice, and I would have skipped it. However, as time went on, this notion had to be replaced since it became more meaningful.
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I so much like the art cover of the book because it gave a brief understanding of what part of the book says even without opening it. But I would say that it was not well related to the story.
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Post by Christopher Martin »

To me, the Art cover of the book led to aturn of events. At first look, it doesn't speak much but after reading the book, utter surprise is imminent as the events unfold great themes.
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It took me reading a few chapters to understand the meaning of the art cover, but it was a perfect fit. It shows racism and war which are the mkst dominant themes in the book.
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Everybody keeps saying it shows racism. But I struggle to see it just from the art work. For me, I didn't really find any real connection between the content and the cover work at first.
However, one would need to read the book and then process it to try to see this.
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Post by Ikechukwu+12345 »

After reading the book, I understood the perfect link between the cover and content. The cover depicts racism absolutely, but the cover says a whole lot about the story.
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It is relevant to the theme of racism which is well emphasized in the story.
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Post by NBG »

In my opnion, the art work in the cover portrays about the racism that was addressed in the book. However, it may not be in sinc with the title of the book . Once you have read the book it does make sense of the author's use of the art workk to elaborate what he is trying to emphasize in the book.
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The chaotic representation of the art cover did not seem to align with the general theme of the book. And this contradiction was never resolved as I read through the book.
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Post by Arianne Joy Melendres »

I found it a bit confusing at first, to be honest. It seemed very crowded in general. Eventually, however, anyone will be able to notice the theme of racism in it. I'd say it's a very appropriate cover for the book, but wasn't the best in terms of aesthetic (not that aesthetic matters that much anyway).
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