Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

66 reviews

gkabanuk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Minor: Rape

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

leticiasmugala's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse and Bullying

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Rape, Animal death, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

heddasch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Drug use, Racial slurs, Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Miscarriage

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

kaileyhanrath's review

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

patsshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Animal death

keeper_of_dark_materials's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape and Racism

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