Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

50 reviews

kelctini's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Medical trauma

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

michipepper9's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Miscarriage, Trafficking, Child abuse, Abortion, Grief, Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

natnatatx's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I really enjoyed this book despite its heavy themes.  It made me think about America’s habit of exploiting our rural workers, our inability to make our children a priority, and the insidiousness of the pharma companies that targeted small towns and created major addiction issues.
It found myself rooting for Demon over and over and despite many falls, watching him grow.
If you enjoyed Dicken’s David Copperfield, this book will feel familiar. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Homophobia, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

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

henry_b's review against another edition

challenging sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

One of those books where life seems to keep getting worse for 400 pages. I'm not sure what you get from it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

annieliz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was so sad I thought it was going to crush me. Instead, I was lifted up with hope. I loved Demon, and wanted him so badly to be ok. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Drug use, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Miscarriage

drrock's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Best book I’ve read in years - nothing more to say!! The great Appalachian Novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Infidelity, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, and Abortion

hannahcstocks's review

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Ableism, Abortion, Blood, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Excrement, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide and War

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

I can see what all the hype is about. Kingsolver is an incredible writer. Demon was a character to root for despite all the tragic circumstances of his life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Sexual content, Drug use, Death, and Cursing

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Racism

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Sexual content, Trafficking, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse