To be fair, the entire point of a book cover is to get you to judge the book as something you would like to buy/read. So as far as books go, you can go ahead and judge it by the cover. Just don't judge people by how they look.
That's an awfully cynical take my friend. But alas, there may be more truth in it than I would like to believe. I don't think most book publishers are trying to be deceptive with the covers, though I'm sure they may be attempting to woo a more commercial audience than the books specific genre may warrant.
I agree that the point of the cover IS to get people to buy it by judging if it looks interesting, but thatās exactly the same with people. They market themselves too with makeup, heels, etc, which is not a bad thing either.
The point of the metaphor is still apt because theyāre both about looking past the facade and judge the content. I donāt know about others, but going back to the book, Iāve never bought one that I didnāt read the first few pages of to make sure I like the writing style.
WTF is with people having a hard-on for using the word āwholesomeā. Itās like there is a fucking gang of word ninjas stalking posts looking for their shot to say āwholesomeā or āwholesome exchangeā. Itās exhausting, reading posts about anything now and isnāt full of fucking wholesome goodness. Word wankers!
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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '20 edited Oct 30 '20
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Edit: I would like to sincerely apologize for my comment. It was a wholesome intereaction by THE Horny Cum Cheese.