Take a photo of a barcode or cover
4.49 AVERAGE
4.49 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
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
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Excellently written, every page kept my interest
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse
slow-paced
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
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
Such great writing and so thought provoking to me. I wish I remembered the details of David Copperfield better so I could compare them. It is a difficult story to read but so impactful and relevant. Just a great read if you can handle the heavy topics.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
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
If there was a single word I would use to describe Demon Copperhead, it's “raw”. This is such an excellent book, not only because of the author's style and voice, but because it feels so very real. This is such a hard-edged and frank examination of a people and region that she clearly loves, but is also realistic about the flaws and vices that plague it even to this day. Even if this didn't have the David Copperfield adaptation angle, this would still be a masterpiece.
Like the majority of people, I imagine, I have not read David Copperfield, so I can't speak to its authenticity as an adaptation or compare the quality of one to the other. And that would be unfair anyway, I think. In creating her own twist on the tale, Kingsolver has, I think, freshened it for a generation that might otherwise be reluctant to pick up a book about poverty in the Victorian era.
It's really that simple. It's genius, it's brutal, it's horrifyingly real in the best ways. Demon Copperhead gives us a long hard look at the unspoken underbelly of America, the towns and people that we don't hear enough about on the news, and does it all through the eyes of who has become one of my favorite narrators in all my years. That Pulitzer was well-deserved.
Like the majority of people, I imagine, I have not read David Copperfield, so I can't speak to its authenticity as an adaptation or compare the quality of one to the other. And that would be unfair anyway, I think. In creating her own twist on the tale, Kingsolver has, I think, freshened it for a generation that might otherwise be reluctant to pick up a book about poverty in the Victorian era.
It's really that simple. It's genius, it's brutal, it's horrifyingly real in the best ways. Demon Copperhead gives us a long hard look at the unspoken underbelly of America, the towns and people that we don't hear enough about on the news, and does it all through the eyes of who has become one of my favorite narrators in all my years. That Pulitzer was well-deserved.
This deserves all the stars! Very Dickensian. Just go read it.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
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