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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

21 reviews

kiwichill's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

mimi_lore's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting

caitieannb's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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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Demon Copperhead is one of the best books I have read this year. It was incredibly heartbreaking, beautifully written, intense, traumatic, and will stay with you longer after the last page. It took me a while to get through the book, due to the intensity of some content, but when I did pick it up I couldn’t put it down. It has deeply touched my heart, and when I realized I had read the final sentence, my eyes welled with tears. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

kimberlina82's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

brutiful_life's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm

aaannina's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

ashley_wohner's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment

katebitters's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

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This was a tough book to get through, and I'm not sure it added anything new or profound to the conversation about drug abuse, poverty, and rural America. I almost quit reading at several points because the story was so damn depressing and seemed to be spinning in circles instead of moving forward along some kind of story arc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexism, Death of parent, Classism

beklovesbooks's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative sad

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I can see why it won a Pulitzer. Remarkable imagery, authentic voice, themes mostly came around to neat closure. 
Unfortunately, there were excessive graphic descriptions of drug use and sex. Every imaginable locker room crude sexual innuendo. It’s too bad the very good descriptive capabilities of the author was applied to trash you don’t want in your mind as well as nature and life.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

gossamer_lens's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Just so very good. There was strong David Copperfield vibes and influences and the overall plot, characters, and narrative style were compelling and interesting. I honestly only picked this book up to compare to David Copperfield and then ended up falling for the story in so many ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Classism