Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

146 reviews

littki's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

dockbbrooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

Read this book as soon as you can. Don’t rush it. It’s heartbreaking and hopeful and such an excoriating and beautiful depiction of my home.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

espurrr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This book has given me a lot to think on. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

savshelfinger's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

4.25

Vivid storytelling.

People say this book was too long, but I think it could have been longer - I would’ve liked to see more of Demon’s

recovery journey. He never even relapses!

I had a hard time buying

the romance at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, Racism, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual harassment

deparme's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Vomit, and Trafficking

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

dar0822's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Vomit, and Death of parent

al_xwith997's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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

Having read Shuggie Bain, it has a similar sense of ache and longing for these characters to have good things finally happen to them. Watching their lives fall apart, it is entirely heartbreaking. The depiction of them at their worst is harrowing, and the desire to help them from a readers perspective is difficult to grasp. I cannot recommend enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

yinzer_barbie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

beklovesbooks's review

dark emotional informative sad

4.0

I can see why it won a Pulitzer. Remarkable imagery, authentic voice, themes mostly came around to neat closure. 
Unfortunately, there were excessive graphic descriptions of drug use and sex. Every imaginable locker room crude sexual innuendo. It’s too bad the very good descriptive capabilities of the author was applied to trash you don’t want in your mind as well as nature and life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

smsegal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, and Death of parent