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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

61 reviews

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

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

annab123's review

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

starlily's review

Too much real life issues that I already deal with in work and real life, and I don’t need it in my fiction.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Outing, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

faithx5's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

Minor: Cursing and Sexual harassment

franha02's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Drug use, Sexual harassment, and Drug abuse

bobachel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual harassment, Trafficking, and Miscarriage

mobymaize's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.0

Demon Copperhead is a hard read. It isn't hard in terms of the actual language of it not making too much sense, but it's hard because you want Demon to stop doing so much shit. You want him to stop suffering, to get help before he loses everything. It's emotional, it's devastating, and, if anything, it is full of hope. Hope to become better, to recover, to mend oneself and become a person who, while still having traumas, is an actual person. Overall fantastic :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Trafficking, Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Racism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

henry_b's review

challenging sad medium-paced

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

2.5

One of those books where life seems to keep getting worse for 400 pages. I'm not sure what you get from it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse