Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

4.49 AVERAGE

elandwehr's review against another edition

4.0
dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

bertbat22's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous dark emotional 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

kmclellan's review against another edition

4.25
hopeful informative reflective sad medium-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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lynnns's review against another edition

4.5
challenging emotional funny hopeful sad 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
An easy 4.5 ⭐️

Full of trauma and abuse and awful events, but still somehow managed to be funny and heartwarming. Made me cry and cringe and shrink into myself and sigh out loud.

I love a book with a perfect ending. 

ellamaddy's review against another edition

3.75
I understand why people didn’t like this book and as a slog of unendingly stereotypical bad things happening it can be slightly relentless. However I loved the Dickens allusions and found the main character’s narrative voice so engaging that I persisted, and although the ending felt a little too neat, I loved it.

arex's review against another edition

5.0
reflective medium-paced
Was pretty good tbh

maelikesbooks's review against another edition

4.5
challenging emotional funny hopeful sad 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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lese_laetitia's review against another edition

4.0
Geschafft! Ungewöhnlich für mich so dicke Bücher zu lesen und ich muss gestehen, es war teilweise ein kleiner Kampf, der sich am Ende aber gelohnt hat. Kingsolver kann zwei Dinge hervorragend: 1. Die Figuren so zu schreiben, dass man sich bei allen (und es sind einige) involviert fühlt und meint sie zu kennen. 2. Die Gegend in ihrer Zerrissenheit und den starken emotionalen Bezug zu einer Heimat in Worte zu fassen. Das war das, was mich durch das Buch getragen hat. Zeitweise war der Umfang einfach zu groß, viele Dinge hätte man streichen können ohne, dass die Geschichte an Kraft verloren hätte, aber meine hauptsächliche Kritik wäre, dass es mir an Originalität gemangelt hat, was die wichtigsten Plotstränge anging. Minderjährige Mutter, Opioidkrise, Drogenmissbrauch nach einem Leben im Sozialsystem und bei dem ersten Zeichen von Stabilität und Erfolg zieht er sich eine schwere Knieverletzung zu und driftet vollkommen ab. Alles kommt einem ein wenig zu bekannt vor. Trotzdem ein Buch, das mit seinen Figuren noch länger bei mir bleiben wird und die Zeit, die ich schon bei ihnen verbracht habe ist mir viel wert.

janinalula's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

bookedandboarded's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No