The cover is like a first impression. Does it seem intriguing? Would you want to know more? Maybe you'll pick it up and glance over it. If it leaves an impression, you'll go back and read it more carefully. The first read through you try to understand the general plot. The second time you read through it, you begin to pick up minute details that escaped your attention the first time. These details might either affirm your initial opinion of it or stir up feelings of dislike. Sometimes you might get lost in the moment and think the story is wonderful. Yet from another reader's point of view, he/she might see things you have missed. Often we disregard second opinions because how can we be wrong when we're all reading the same book? Yet, sometimes, a different opinion can open your mind, to see things you might have missed. Then you revisit the work, and put yourself in a different perspective and read between the lines. Perhaps then you will come away with a new understanding of the plot, of the character, of yourself. Some things aren't explicitly spelled out, but the essence is all there, no matter how deeply embedded amongst the words. I want to become a better reader for I have misjudged so many books.
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