Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

186 reviews

cathycassady's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

Worthy of its Pulitzer Prize!  Beautiful work and intense characters who you root for despite the odds and reality of life. A flagrant and justified condemnation of Big Pharma and how we act as those people “not like us” are disposable 😖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Physical abuse

bookworm356's review

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual content, Violence, Alcoholism, Grief, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Self harm, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Rape, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

queen_perezi's review

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Suicide, Child abuse, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Addiction, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

mrsmooney24's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I don’t even know where to start exactly, I had heard good things about it, but they didn’t even come close to how much I loved this book. I was just so genuinely moved by it. I laughed out loud, ugly cried, and got so angry I couldn’t even think straight. The Dickens-esque criticism and exploration of complex humanity was perfectly paired with the contemporary southern setting. Kingsolver really just wrote the shit out of this book. I was so sad it was over, but so happy it was over too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

oliviawhitton's review

challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Death, Gun violence, Drug use, Suicide, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Addiction, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Racism, and Emotional abuse

vigilant_m's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

This has been one of my favorite books that I’ve read in the past 5 years. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

natnatatx's review

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

nicollej's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

Minor: Physical abuse

corinniebee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Abandonment, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Classism, Death, and Miscarriage

Minor: Pregnancy, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Excrement, Suicide, and Abortion

jesspresso98's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

A few inconsistencies at the beginning of the book. But overall, a good story about addiction & generational curses

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Child death

Minor: Rape