Choosing a Book | ?

After doing research into both of the books it's time to be decisive and come to a conclusion of which book I will be designing a cover for.

After reading the synopsis for both of the books I've decided that The Wind in the Willows is going to be my primary choice, and if I do have time I'll work on doing a cover for The Big Sleep. I read the opening passages of both books and was instantly more welcomed by The Wind in the Willows, and so I read on finding out about the characters and themes in more depth. I have chosen The Wind in the Willows because I felt there was a lot more scope for doing something different from the cliche covers that have been repeated time and time again, of the characters sitting on the river bank etc. I can see that there is a darker side to this novel that people haven't exposed as of yet, and that is what I aim to do. 

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