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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9502459">I found the cover to be very suited to gothic horror and when I re-read the first portion of Knight of the Black Rose last year I felt it was very atmospheric and very much in keeping with a gothic horror vibe (largely because you are getting things from his perspective, similar to how you get the monsters perspective in Frankenstein midway through the novel). At this point in the discussion I don't think we are going to persuade one another. But again the book works because it is a monster rally and done with good writing that creates atmosphere. I m not entitled, no matter how many times you assert it. The idea that taking a position on what genre something falls  into or what the parameters of a genre are is entitled doesn't make much sense to me. I don't know what you want. Do you want me to embrace the new approach to Ravenloft? Embrace the new cover? I am not telling anyone what they ought to think about these things. If people like the changes to Ravenloft and are enjoying it, they should continue to do so. If people are intrigued by the cover and want to read the book, they should do so. My opinion as a fan of the early days of Ravenloft, is the changes make it feel less like Ravenloft for me, like they took out the things that made the setting special. The cover just doesn't do it for me as a Ravenloft cover or as a horror cover (again I would point to the strutting attitude, I just can't square that with horror unless it is something in the ballpark of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which I think of more as horror comedy).</blockquote>

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