Reddit reviews The Bonehunters (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 6)
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I always find it interesting what scenes get chosen for cover art. It seems like a tricky balance, finding something that is evocative and enticing, but not too spoilery or chaotic. With Malazan, IMO the original hardcover artwork often kind of missed the mark... They made a lot of weird, not very exciting choices of scenes, like with TBH or RG and the art style is frankly kind of subpar sometimes. The mass market covers generally look a lot nicer, the typography is sleek, and the illustrations are better executed and have a nice mood. But I think they sometimes feel a little... generic or nonspecific to the books. Lots of buildings and faceless people with weapons (with RG being the standout exception, my favorite of the batch.)
I think in general, Subterranean Press has been knocking it out of the park. They're going for the more painterly approach in contrast to the mass market editions, but those paintings are often dynamic as hell, and definitely seem to come from someone who has actually read all the books and knows what a good scene will be (granted they did go off the deep end with DG spoilers.) And, they seem to fit together as a cohesive set more than the previous versions. If I had, literally, more than a thousand dollars to throw at books then I would be all about this set.
As for this particular cover, I quite like it and I think it will look incredible in the set with the others. I think it actually captures the mood of TTH better than the original which is more capitalizing on the last, what, fifty pages or so? With this one, we are on the boat, moving slowly toward the looming city... It feels pensive and anticipatory, much like the majority of the novel. That said, focusing strictly on the cover itself divorced from the content of the novel, this might just be the one rare case where the original hardcover art is my favorite across all editions. Of course the Subpress copy will for sure have a bunch of incredible interior illustrations...