we the living by Ayn Rand
by jmritz

Comment:
I did not read this book but know that it is mightily anticommunist and quasi autobiographical.
Therefore, I really cannot make any comment on the suitability of your shot. There is not much to inform me here of the book.
As a free standing photo I find the point of view interesting, the man's expression quite absorbing and an interesting battle of shapes in the background. I would crop a lot from the upper part.
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Wuthering Heights, a dark and ugly place
by Ammie

Comment:
A very clean picture of a house that has some charm though. Or let's say some potential! I never imagined the one in the novel like this; this one strikes me as very American and I don't see the gnarled branches that were so important in the novel.
The hues are lovely
6

The House of the Seven Gables
by vawendy

Comment:
A likable shot taken probably in a historic place where they have reenactments - everything is working here but there is not much connection with the novel. I wished for some witchcraft, some odd things... some guilt ... a gable ...
If you staged this, it's quite good - there are a few details here and there to die for - the woman's blouse, the rotten apple or quince, whatever it is it's so nice. I do not like in the least the thin lines that delineate the image - just the dark maroon would have been great to let everything float.
I give it a 6 though - but if you staged all this, I regret not having marked it higher

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
by Damon

Comment:
I am not persuaded that this lovely image is suited for Huxley's brave world. It's a gorgeous place that looks somehow like a Flemish or Dutch painting.
6

Marathon Man
by markwiley

Comment:
Is this a classic? I don't think so but never mind this.
(I do like a lot that for this challenge I have to look up books and authors.)
I did not read the book, just the synopsis and it's considered a "conspiracy thriller" in which the marathon itself seems not to play such an important role as in your shot.
It's an engaging picture and I can see some foul play here - perhaps a wee too saturated but a good shot
6

Black Beauty
by jomari

Comment:
Quite straightforward isn't it?
Did you try it in B&W? The tonality of the background is not decisive or interesting enough
6

you have left a part of your heart, of your blood, of your soul, in those pavements - Les Misérables
by Epsi

Comment:
I like this shot very much, I love the quote but it does not send me to Les Miserables. Although the puddle in the middle of the road reminds me of Hugo's magnificent drawing starting from a spot of coffee.
7

Flowers for Algernon
by flaherma

Comment:
Now I really do have to read the novel! I read about it in the past and now I need to fully understand the meaning of your your image. I like the ominous look of the scissors.
I am a bit puzzled by the choice of leaving so much dark space on the right of the image and I try to understand it through the fact that I knew about the publishers' urge for a change of the ending. You leave some breathing space.

A crisp image that I would have probably marked 6 but in the context of this challenge it's more like a 7.
My criticism is that somehow it looks a bit like a stock image with a twist. The tonality is wonderful.
7

The Sun Also Rises
by chalice

Comment:
This picture might be a good illustration for the meaning of Hemingway's title originated from Ecclesiates
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises
but it feel like a good sunset/sunrise shoehorned for this challenge. Yes, another good sunset.
6
I came back to this image because of its painterly qualities. It does not fit the novel but there is some of Turner, some of the Dutch masters in it...
7

Esperanza Cordero
by odriew

Comment:
I never heard about this book, is it a classic?
The image reminds me of odriew way of treating a subject. Gentle, calm and filled with emotion, a little formulaic but mostly sincere. It is lovely and has a great deal of peaceful sadness. If this is the case, you certainly achieved to communicate it.
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