You shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, instead, you should read every single book to see what every book is about before you even come close to judging its viability.
I like the shading on this. Really, I don't know how you do it... The hands look fine to me, and as has already been said, it works with the style of the rest of the picture.
I don't care what the miserable excuse is
for showing the death of books, live, on screen.
Men, I could understand; but books! - — Edwin Morgan, From the Video Box 2
(wicked) 
