Ha, ha. The polar opposite of the French cover. Both are great in their own way. Understatement versus overstatement. All Hermione needs is a cape and a great big S on her blouse!

Wow, that is absolutely fantastic… I want a full poster size for my wall…

I hate it! The design is too busy, the color scheme is lurid, and using the faces of the movie actors shows a real lack of imagination. I much prefer Mary GrandPre’s clean, elegant evocation of a single pivotal moment. (The French cover did that too, albeit with a somber rather than optimistic palette and mood.) Much better approach, IMO, than seeing how many spoilers you can stuff into 1 1/2 square feet of space.

Yeah well, most people find the book cover of their own country the best. But I have got to admit that this looks very beautiful and spectaculer, if not a bit over the top. I actually like that the trio look like the actors, but on the hole, I do find the cover a bit to much. Like it’s fan-art.

By the way, that head on nagini… It’s bathilda bagshot.

I love it,details are incredible:battle of Hogwarts,all Horcruxes,two way mirror,Neville with the sorting hat,even book on Horcruxes… I don’t know if that’s bathilda’s head on nagini,but it’s the only thing I don’t like on the cover.And Nagini should be bigger in every way,but that’s not very important.

I like the colors of the sky and sea and fire on the back cover. And I like Hermione’s boots. Shell cottage seems a bit too elaborate, but oh well.

And finally, I love how in Ukrainian he’s called “Garry Potter.” Just gives a whole different ring to the thing. ;)

I really dont like it… My least favorite ofthe Ukranian covers. I agree with Mrs. McClaggan (“I hate it! The design is too busy, the color scheme is lurid, and using the faces of the movie actors shows a real lack of imagination. [...] Much better approach, IMO, than seeing how many spoilers you can stuff into 1 1/2 square feet of space.”) Yet I usually like the english and french covers best (children of course) but the last ones really disapointed me (the French one I don’t mind but a bit too… boring?). I don’t like any of the US covers, I just dont like her style… (specially the fourth one) The worst ones are, for sure, the German ones… This is isn’t a story for six year olds!

Oohh now I like this. It is a bit over-the-top and overly detailed, but it makes me think of the cover art for a lot of other fantasy novels that are way over-the-top and dramatic. So I like it! The only thing I don’t like is blonde!Ron and redhead!Hermione. She might be a Weasley now, but not one by blood!

And that snake is just weird. I’m liking the fiendfyre (sp?) in the background though.

I hope this cover comes with a sound damper, because it is very very loud, I thought the UK children’s edition was loud and vibrant, but this exceeds it. It is almost as if the illustrator was afraid to leave out one single event from the book and had to include all what happened in one picture. It becomes a hotchpotch of pictures without a single accent. They should have left it to Harry and the Snitch as at the spine. That it a very nice part completely lost in the noise.

Wait, the publisher’s name is A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA?

I always find the Ukrainian covers to be stunning…though it took me a few minutes to realize why there was a human head perched on Nagini :p

However, Garry Potter by Dj K Roling sounds great!

Yes, the publisher’s name is A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA, and official JKR site lists it: http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/links_publishers.cfm

P.S. Ukranian domain name is .ua, not .au (.au goes for Australia)

Another wonderful Ukrainian cover! applauds

The artist for the Ukrainian covers has ALWAYS modelled the characters on the film actors—which is fine with me. At least they don’t copy the US or UK covers, which is what many of the foreign editions do.

Very spoilerific—but, again, this is something that is a bit of a tradition with the Ukrainian covers. Just as subtle and under-stated as the French cover is, this is the polar opposite! I love them both!