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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
4.0
adventurous dark funny sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This seemingly hopeless, trauma-filled saga managed to have bits of lightness that made it worth continuing on just to hope it would stay that way.

Kingsolver’s writing is incredibly immersive and visual in a Vonnegut-esque fashion, detailing horrors with a comedic edge that juxtaposes just how closely raw this fiction novel gets to real life. 

The pacing felt a bit rushed at the end. Even though it was a saga, I would’ve loved 50 more pages to expand upon the final message.