Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

1529 reviews

zoodler789's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism

apearlz's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use

gabi_bocardi's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Damon is just like any one, any human, but he got the worst of the world, but he still kept going even though just shit was given to him. I don’t know how giving up on people or himself was never the first thing that came to his mind, or how he wasn’t so angry all time, because I was all of that from the first page of the book to the last. The characters of this book are all to real, you love and hate some, you feel ashamed and sorry for others, and inspired by some others. They are too real, you understand them, because they could be your your mom and dad, that annoying aunt, the cousin you are like siblings with, the friends that you’ve grown up with but now just hear gossips about. It’s so real that it’s hardly fictional. And that’s one of this writers superpower, telling this story as if you were so close to them you can feel what they feel, go through it all as if you’re them. She’s an amazing writer, the pace of the book was perfect, the mix of characters, from loving to hateful ones is a masterpiece, and I also loved how she made history be so essential to the story that I’d be looking forward to read those parts. In my opinion, this book should have trigger warnings because it’s that type of story, but at the same time, everyone should read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racism, Sexual violence, Trafficking

daisydasselle's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment

marinea1019's review against another edition

5.0

challenging 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent

kendralyris's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

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Beautiful and sad. It was at times a difficult and emocional read, but beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Classism

bluejeepbaby's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol

delcomrkhjenreads's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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(Check your triggers)This was a 4 star: powerful and reflective portrayal of the tough lives in Appalachian poverty, addiction, and foster care.

Compelling story of the main character struggles. 

Cons: feels overly heavy-handed - sometimes at the expense of character development and plot; I wanted more from the characters' struggles, and that the Dickens-inspired plot structure doesn't fully translate to the modern setting, leaving some plot points feeling forced. 

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Content Warnings

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

queerbooksandtea's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I feel like Kingsolver re-invents her style with every book and every time she excels at it. This modern Appalachian re-telling of David Copperfield is just as engaging, meaningful and poetically verbose as the original with more current social commentary. The narrative voice immediately pulls you in with its raw, colorful descriptions and dark humor. There were many sad parts  but it is the tenacious hopefulness that went right to my heart. One of my favorite reads in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use

noura's review against another edition

4.25

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent

Minor: Abortion