Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

150 reviews

emotionalsupportmelatonin's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective

Strong character development: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Sexual harassment

lisa947's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Stereotypes & Tropes: The Novel 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Car accident, Abortion, Sexual harassment, War

hayreading's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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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Such an amazing book. The characters are all so complex and real. The author has so many things to say, and it's done in such a brutal way. No criticisms. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

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

elissa_t's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional informative reflective tense slow-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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I’m slowly becoming a fan of 400-plus page historical fiction books. This is my second one this year and while the book was intimidating and long, it was worth it. The author told the story of Demon in a way that gave me a small glimpse of what it would be like to grow up in a rural area, with no money, no prospect of a good life all while being surrounded by drugs and sadness. The crux of the book is that society sets people up to fail. Systemic issues are at play here and have been for generations. These areas do exist and more resources, and education, are essential in the South and in Appalachia, specifically. But not all is lost. Books, inspirational teachers and chosen family make all the difference in towns like these. I really enjoyed Mr. Dick’s backstory, Angus and June, of course. June, Ms. Betsy, Ms. Annie and Mr. Armstrong prove good people are out there if you give them a chance to help. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Pregnancy

Minor: Racism

allisonz6's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

12ptfont's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Classism

ejgriffin's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Homophobia

Minor: Miscarriage

alannalikellama's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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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This book is beautifully written. I wish I had loved the actual story more than I did.

I was convinced from about 20% of the way through to 90% of the way through that this would end in the main character’s death or it would end sadly and I was surprised it did not.

I just never felt fully invested in Demon’s story unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Gore, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

emwebz's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative slow-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, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Trafficking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual harassment