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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

19 reviews

vanessagrausam's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cancer and Abortion

dua_liepard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Classism, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Racism, Pregnancy, Medical content, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

esther_floraa's review against another edition

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

reneek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Cursing

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Abortion

laisant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

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

opplecopter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Child death, Cursing, Death, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness, Vomit, Confinement, Cancer, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Abortion, Car accident, and Pedophilia

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

macykey's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.25

This book was excellent. The writing was gorgeous, the story was engrossing. I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the writing style seemed to change as Demon got older. It made me think the writing was reflecting his aging, which I thought was smart. There were a couple things that didn’t sit right with me or rubbed me the wrong way. I felt the ending was wrapped up too quickly. I saw the interpersonal development coming, but I wish it’d been done sooner. I also felt that some of the traumatic things that happened to Demon were a little more detailed than necessary. And I get people having nicknames, but sometimes they all just got lost in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, and Vomit

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Cancer, and Car accident

melissa_b_67's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic friendship