Slaughterhouse-Five
by mrbig65

Comment:
definitely creepy and film-noir feeling
a 6 from me

Blindness - José Saramago
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
definitely freaky contact lenses
i like the shallow DoF for this and the location is great with the trees creating a tunnel to empahsize the growing darkness
a 7 from me

Lord of the flies
by nygold

Comment:
this is obviously the picture of Simon's camp, as opposed to the other entry i've seen of Ralph's, where the children are having fun.
a good representation of the nature of the book, the tight crop keeps the eye from wandering
a 7 from me

The Picture of Dorian Gray
by mrchhas

Comment:
My only real criticism here involves the picture - looking at the picture would cause him to lose all benefits gained from having it.
well lit and setup, giving a nice ethereal feel to the scene
a 6 from me, mostly because of the painting in his hands and uncovered

"Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury
by ThingFish

Comment:
i find myself simultaneously wanting less foreground and sky; and knowing that it's the right amount to set the scene properly.
i also like that the "something wicked" can be either the suggested clouds, or the fact that the carnival itself is a wicked entity that is coming and should be treated as such.
a 7 from me

The Phantom of the Opera (1920. Gaston Leroux)
by Denielle

Comment:
I can honestly say that this image calls to me. it's power over me growing stronger yet!

i love the simplicity of the setup; this is what it's truly all about - a story in an glance, a picture for 1000 words as they say.
an 8 from me.
i'd give it a 9 and have it as a contender for my favorite image, except for the top left of the image being a tad too distracting with the lighter area existing where my mind wants to see a dark spot

City-of-Glass
by artistChan

Comment:
interesting perspective and tonal choice. i can see a vision of something grand here, a concept being pitched for "the city of tomorrow, today" or something of that sort.
i like it, but at the same time it leaves me wanting more, which is good and bad because it certainly means you've succeeded in drawing me.
a 7 from me.

A Clockwork Orange
by emoons

Comment:
Amusing take, Georgie, though a bit Dim overall and it kind of Peters out on the right side, don't you think? ;)

Fantastic choice for a novel, I had thought of this book initially myself though opted for different later.
I personally think the shallow focus provides several levels of appropriateness and it certainly looks thick skinned, hopefully it doesn't have to randomly attack people for no particular reason.
a 7 from me

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)
by Garry

Comment:
My thoughts on this - shouldn't the knife be on the other side of the face to go with the "crazy" persona?
the snarl on the lip is overly shadowy, leading to a void there instead of shadowy menacing that i picture being there from the eye.
one further controllable change would be to have the Jekyll persona clean shaven to provide another layer of contrast to the monster. i can see where some may have issue with that visually since it is asymmetrical, but that is the intended purpose of trying to capture this image.
a 7 from me regardless.

To the Lighthouse: Virginia Woolf
by vikas

Comment:
I Find this less about the lighthouse and more about the dramatic battle happening in the sky behind it.
Personally, the lighthouse is underexposed as the primary subject in my opinion, and i truly cannot stop exploring the sky behind it, detracting from it as the subject.
as pretty as this is, it's getting a 5 from me.