Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

75 reviews

esther_floraa's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Racism, Cancer, Death, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Death of parent, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

emamazee's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Trafficking and Miscarriage

Minor: Suicide

sjtowry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Racism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Pregnancy, Violence, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Trafficking, Vomit, Addiction, Abortion, Abandonment, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

sjanke2's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

This is a challenging book, both in the sense of Demon's stream-of-consciousness voice and the trials he endures. But after 50 pages, one's brain adapts to Kingsolver's writing style. The audiobook narrator helped in developing a stride. Demon goes through so much, and there's a balance of both good and bad influences in the side characters. I also appreciated Kingsolver's strong stance on the war wreaked upon Appalachians by land grabbers, mining companies, and Big Pharma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Self harm, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Emotional abuse, Rape, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Trafficking, War, Abortion, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

sineadlgull's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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? No

4.25

Enjoyable listen. Slow pace but never found myself bored. Interesting story and great character development of the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Classism, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Trafficking and Sexual violence

justdiana's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Trafficking, Sexual content, Cancer, and Vomit

katkeyes's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

This book is brilliant and brilliantly written. In a micro sense, it's a first-person look at addiction. You root for Demon the whole way through and understand every step of the way how and why things play out for him as they do. It's a stigma-breaking, stigma-examining book. In a macro sense, it's a look at the opioid crisis and how it has played out in certain communities across the country in the US.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Trafficking, and Addiction

jennyspears's review

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 use and Drug abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Trafficking, and Death

melanieripple's review

dark funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pedophilia, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage

kerbyconner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

This is an amazing, amazing book. It grips you from the very first chapter and keeps you hooked to the very end. Every character is complex and intriguing,  the setting being a character in and of itself. A realistic and heartfelt look at the struggles of poverty, addiction, and the opioid epidemic in Appalachia, while maintaining resilience as a continued theme. Many miss the mark by overlooking or misstating all the good of rural upbringing in telling stories like these, but Kingsolver does not. A must read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Racism, and Trafficking