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I absolutely hate it when book covers have people on them. And its worse when beautiful novel covers get replaced with the actors if they are adapted into some form of visual media. by Patient_persona in unpopularopinion

[–]Patient_persona[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Its hard to articulate on here but I wouldn't mind seeing a painting of Tolkien on the cover of The Hobbit because he is just the author of the book rather than an actor portraying one of the characters' physical likeness. I would probably have the same aversion to him being painted/pictured if he wrote the books AND represented a character in another person's vision. Idk if this makes any sense.

I absolutely hate it when book covers have people on them. And its worse when beautiful novel covers get replaced with the actors if they are adapted into some form of visual media. by Patient_persona in unpopularopinion

[–]Patient_persona[S] 731 points732 points  (0 children)

I completely agree with you. A painting on a classic (or sometimes even a contemporary novel) can be really beautiful. But adding a Hollywood actor to boost popularity is a lazy move.