A review by buer
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.
I almost stopped reading after we find out that "Maggot"'s name is, in fact, a cute reworking of a slur. It probably would have gotten to me eventually after hearing his name enough times after that revelation.

Lucky for me one of the next scenes was the really horrific, creative assault of his mother.

I'm not saying this kind of stuff doesn't happen and that there isn't value to storytelling like this, but I'm not really looking for fictional trauma porn at this point in my life.
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