Reviews tagging 'Death'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

980 reviews

deenene's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse

Moderate: Death

cmallard0530's review against another edition

4.5

emotional sad tense 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: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol

Minor: Sexual violence, Violence

nsmith1026's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Death of parent

jessiepicard's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Classism

e_lace's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really liked this book, but had rather complicated feelings about it for most of my time reading it, but ultimately I found it really wonderfully written and well-paced, just very very sad. As someone who admittedly doesn't read much literary fiction at my big age, this book reminded me that i think I find literary fiction difficult because I live in the world these characters do and wonder what their lives would be like right now in the moment I'm reading. 

The only other bone I have to pick with this book is that I really wish i could read Demon's comics. I really appreciate a book that acknowledges the power of graphic novels and comics as a medium in such a concrete way, especially in a world where comics and graphic novels are still seen as media for children. I thought that was cool and would really like to read a really good graphic novel now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Abandonment

Minor: Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

This book focuses a lot on opioid abuse and predatory practices of pharmaceutical companies distributing opioids through pill mills in Appalachia and the effects of that on the main character and the people around him. Barbara does I think a good job of showing how injection drug use and opioid addiction affect people's lives, but I think if this kind of content is not your thing or would be very triggering for you, maybe don't read this book :). Also

the dog does die

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erinfindlay's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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

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Loved loved loved!! Fantastic characters, story and setting. Heartbreaking and charming and all good things

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

hgpitt's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The writing was exquisite but the story so very sad I almost stopped reading. I’m glad I finished so I got to see the potential for hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

coralreef92's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

gbrylinski's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence

edobs94's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

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