A review by mauricekofi
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Hands down one of the best books I've read this year. I haven't read a packed literary American contemporary novel since The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and yet this book tops even that novel in my opinion. A dark and trying tale of a young man's life beholden to the vices and ills of his rural Appalachian life, a heart too good for this world that he himself refuses to recognize, and yet still finds redemption and love through it all. It's not all doom and gloom, but it's highs only mark how lows the lows are.

My only piece of advice: listen to Demon when he says "it only gets worse from here". Because if you think it doesn't, you really don't understand the point of this story.