Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

44 reviews

sqidthneed's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism

amachonis's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Pedophilia, Abortion

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

katy_bee's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad 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: Complicated

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I'd heard recommendations of this before reading it, and loved Animal Dreams by kingsolver when I read it earlier in the year. 

This just blew me away. Incredibly sad and beautifully written. Perhaps it feels like a pretentious thing to say but it also felt really important- placing that Dickensian morality tale of how systems prevent people in poverty from escaping its cycle into a modern context where it fits so well. I had to stop reading for a couple of days in the middle because it is very dark but I loved it overall

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide

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

remyksometimes's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny hopeful 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism

caroline_renee's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional tense fast-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, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Racism, Sexism

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy

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

kdz08's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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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Wow! One of the best books I've read. Heartbreaking and so real, but brilliantly written and engaging. A really realistic look at Appalachia life and the opioid crisis, which has changed my perspective of the people in those situations. Throughout the book, I just wanted to give the main character a hug over and over again for all the stuff he had to deal with. He kept pushing through, though, and that's a great message to take from this. I really hope this becomes a movie someday. Definitely a book that everyone should read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Blood

aliaheidorn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail