Most successful thrillers you´ve seen around the bookrealm do have some bloody appealing pictures as their covers: either a drop or some traces, it´s what you are supposed to associate with when thinking about a thriller. Put it should not necessarily by this way. As the topics and characters of a thriller do usually resonate with the trends of the moments, the just blood stance may sound a bit outdated. An acknowledgement which leaves a generous creative amount of space to offer a much better visual rendition.
Clickbait by LC North, an author I had the chance to feature already on my blog at the beginning of this year, to be published in April 2024 by Transworld Bantham is pleased to differ. A rich family, the Lancasters, involved in the production of a reality show sharing with the world details of their lavish lives, is involved in a strange case of a missing youngster. YouTuber Tom Isaas is getting involved, searching for the truth. A mixture of social media, video transcripts and diary entries, the book seems to be in sync with the social media trends - thus, Clickbait as title.
The cover is following this idea, with the limelights aggressively surrounding the unfaced woman character, and with neon-like dizzy lettering of the title. I also liked the alternance between different sizes of the letters, which amplifies at a certain extent the idea of illusions and confusions of plans.
I can´t wait to read this book, and my only regret is only that I have around 5 months to wait until it is ´on air´, out under the limelights of media and social networks.
Many thanks to Rachel´s Random Resources for having me for this virtual event.
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