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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

35 reviews

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

emrys_prince's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Miscarriage

allies_shelf's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Addiction, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

daniechazz's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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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It's been a long time since a book gripped my emotions the way Kingsolver did in "Demon Copperhead". As a mother, and as someone who had bad relationships and dabbled in drugs in my teens, this book accurately reflected the struggles of adolescence in a poverty-stricken community. 

I found myself throughout the day thinking about the characters in the book as if they were people I knew in real life. I wanted to yell at the characters, and hold Daemon and give him good advice and a hot meal. 

Such a great read. Should be required for high school or college. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

allthetrees's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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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Glad it had a happy ending for Demon and Angus. I would have been devastated otherwise.

I interestingly had conflicted feelings about the style of the writing - as someone who has grammar rules drilled into me in English classes, yet speaking with a southern mountain dialect. Took a bit to get used to, but it gave authenticity to Demon. I enjoyed seeing some of my favorite sayings in a novel, like "built like a brick shithouse".

Too much reality in the book, it was a heavy read for a fictional story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Trafficking, Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic

inirac's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual assault, Outing

stacylaughs's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

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, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

kayteer13's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Abortion, Abandonment, Classism

hannahsheil's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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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Devastatingly heartbreaking, painful, and raw, but so important and real. Demon can be frustrating because you want to root for him to make the right decisions, but you’re also able to understand why he consistently runs away; when your whole life has been continuous disappointments and people leaving, no where feels safe. The opioid epidemic — and all the drug use in general — is also weaved in so naturally, and it’s eye-opening to see how when something is a fact-of-life, it becomes natural to just do it. 

Altogether Barbara Kingsolver does an amazing job at giving voice to a population of young people who have been forgotten or mocked by larger culture & society. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Abortion

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence

taylornelms's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism