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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

28 reviews

opplecopter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, Cursing, Death, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness, Vomit, Confinement, Cancer, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, Car accident, and Pedophilia

mobymaize's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Demon Copperhead is a hard read. It isn't hard in terms of the actual language of it not making too much sense, but it's hard because you want Demon to stop doing so much shit. You want him to stop suffering, to get help before he loses everything. It's emotional, it's devastating, and, if anything, it is full of hope. Hope to become better, to recover, to mend oneself and become a person who, while still having traumas, is an actual person. Overall fantastic :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Trafficking, Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Racism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

nerdyforbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If your soul doesn’t hurt after reading this one… 

I found myself immediately pulled into the story from the start. Demon’s life isn’t great, but they seem to be doing OK for the situation. Until it gets worse. And you get punched in the heart again and again. It’s painful reading all the shit this poor kid continues to go through. All the adults that fail him over and over, even the ones that kinda don’t but still do. 

It’s beautifully written. You can see the entire scene. This was one of the issues I had with the story at times though. Too often was a scene over written that I just zoned out until it went back on track. There were also points where too much time was spent on crap that just didn’t feel important. Unfortunately by the 400 page marker I was ready to be done after already hitting the point of “ok this could time jump a bit more” maybe 100 pages earlier. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, Animal death, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Mental illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

macykey's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book was excellent. The writing was gorgeous, the story was engrossing. I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the writing style seemed to change as Demon got older. It made me think the writing was reflecting his aging, which I thought was smart. There were a couple things that didn’t sit right with me or rubbed me the wrong way. I felt the ending was wrapped up too quickly. I saw the interpersonal development coming, but I wish it’d been done sooner. I also felt that some of the traumatic things that happened to Demon were a little more detailed than necessary. And I get people having nicknames, but sometimes they all just got lost in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, and Vomit

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Cancer, and Car accident

kola10981928's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Animal death

Minor: Cursing, Car accident, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Hate crime, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

deetabz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Excrement, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Animal death, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy

hinkleh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying

agnesg's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Animal death, Grief, Drug use, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Car accident, Trafficking, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

libscote's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This isn't a book I'd normally read, but my book group selected it so I did. It's really good! It shows the love of Appalachia but also why it's hard to stay there. How the drugs got in, and decimated the valley. Why the schools are the way they are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Car accident, Alcohol, and Abandonment

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Drug use, Vomit, and Addiction

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Drug use, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Incest, Grief, Classism, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Child death, Car accident, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship