Sometimes You Can Judge a Book By Its Cover

So about a month ago I got a really nasty review of my superhero gender swap book Girl Power that was published back in 2013.  A couple of times the reviewer whined that he was expecting "fun silliness" because all books with superheroes are fun and campy, right?  I mean this is still 1970, right?  No one takes superheroes seriously these days, right?  RIGHT?

Ugh.  As I told him, sometimes you should judge a book by its cover.  I mean look at this cover:

It's mostly black and the woman is looking down all serious-like.  What the hell about that screams "fun silliness" to you?  Is it too much to expect people to use a brain cell or two before posting an idiotic rant on Amazon?

That's not even getting into the stupid exaggerations and outright stupidity in the "review."  SMH.

Just the other day someone complained that the Eric Filler book My Roommate Changed Me Into a Goth Girl 2 was too "mean."  Well, again, look at the cover:

The girl is wearing all black and looking sullen and then there's the purple Beast Wars font for the title.  Does that look like it's going to be pleasant and cozy?  And hello, it's about GOTH Girls, not exactly known for sunny dispositions. 

The same person also wrote a nasty review of this:

The cover doesn't necessarily give it away except for the title.  Even if you ignore the "sexy" Raggedy Ann, I mean it's called Plaything:  Gender Swapped for Her Pleasure.  Does that sound like it's going to be a sunny, cozy book? Honestly, it's like some of these people have no fucking common sense at all. Ugh.