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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

146 reviews

lizsim's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Pedophilia, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Classism

blindedbynature's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

marypaz13's review

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Finally finished it!!

I can see why this one the Pulitzer.
Book about addiction. A book about losing hope but at the same time not being able to give up.

Demon is such a lovable character, flaws and all. That poor kid. I didn't necessarily hate the other characters, they were just there. I liked June, definitely eldest sister vibes, the one that grew up to fast. Agnes was that one in a million, the one that was able to make it out. And we all have that Maggot in our lives, the one that's always too childish no matter how old.

When I started this book, I had the misconception that it took place in the the 50's/60's, but once it mentioned some pop culture things, I realized it was definitely 70's to the present (at least the early 2000's) -- I don't remember the book actually mentioning the year.

Love that art is the outlet that was used.

This book served as a history rabbit hole for me. Had no idea about the oxidation clinics, had to google it. Crazy shiitake!! Like, the idea was inconceivable until I read about it. No wonder the whole "war on drugs" was such a big deal.

And the whole hillbilly/redneck thing. The idea that the term alone is derogatory yet people don't realize that it is.

Such a great read. I did a hybrid read; started with the book ended up with the audio. Which I did like the narrator, I felt he encompassed Demon's character to a T.

P.S. I may add more to this review, maybe, idk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

barbarella85's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Miscarriage

kersti_os's review against another edition

dark emotional 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, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, and Death of parent

erinsca's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

rosiecotton_dancing's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-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: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

lolo_lew's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Incredibly well-written, tackles tough and complex topics in an approachable and meaningful way. Highly recommend but contains content that might be sensitive to some.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Blood, Abortion, and Pregnancy

b3cavic's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Racism, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

I would have liked this book much more, but drug abuse is very challenging for me and I frequently find it difficult to consume in any form of media. I recognize the centrality of this to the storyline and specifically the way that big pharma targeted communities like the one in Demon Copperhead. Nonetheless, some of the graphic content made me need to put the book down at points

sabripolin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-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

4.5

At first I was confident this would be a 5-star-er. About 3/4 the way through I seriously started to doubt the time I spent on this marathon of a read. Then the last… 1/8 really brought me back in. All the dots get connected. Themes come full circle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Miscarriage, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault