30.3k reviews for:

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

4.49 AVERAGE

koax's review against another edition

5.0

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Was torn between 4 & 5 stars up until the last paragraph of the acknowledgements. This was a story that reflects the experience of so many “forgotten” people & their children who have immense generational trauma yet still keep their heads high. These are the stories worth being told (even if fictional).

Damn, bro.

bfg's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

hzcyr's review against another edition

4.25

emotional 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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It's like if Nicolas Spark's The Best Of Me took its societal analysis further.

It's a very good book but there always felt something slightly beyond reach of me personally loving it and I'm not sure why.

Maybe it's the length of 21 hours. Maybe it's how the flawed main character is actually quite perfect in many ways

(academically gifted, athletic jock, artistic, eventually grew up into wealth, righteous soul)

. Maybe something else. Good as it is and deserving of the praise.

But the ending pissed me off because it didn't need to end in

a romance between Angus and Demon

but obviously it does. I get it. I get that's where it's going

between setting up the players of Immy, and Dori, and Angus

. But damn did it not need to be there. Lovely as I'm sure others will delight in it being a fitting cherry the end on. 

27/09/2025

chgoeditor's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

naomiwhit's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny 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: Yes

maurissaresz's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

samantharosec's review against another edition

2.0

challenging emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

angoisse208's review against another edition

4.25

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

maggieeo5's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

asweet's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced