abidoodle 's review for:

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
5.0
challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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
What a beautifully heartbreaking, inspiring, and meaningful story. This book takes you through a wide range of emotions - heartbreak, and anger, laughter, joy and hope. The characters are so gripping, and the complications of their stories are so beautifully written. This book has the best kind of people in it, and also the worst. You want to protect these characters from the evil and awfulness that they experience, and sometimes from themselves. This book highlights so much of the U.S’s broken system that does not support foster children, or really all kinds of marginalized people in need. 

Ultimately, I think this book also demonstrates how a few good people who don’t give up on you and want to support you, can make all the difference in someone’s life. Characters like June, Mr. Armstrong and Ms. Annie, Brother Dick, Angus, and Tommy, and the ways the support and care for Demon and others when they need it (and in the real way that sometimes means calling them out on their bullshit), remind you of truly the best people in this world, who will do whatever it takes for the people they love. And how support sometimes seems harsh from our loved ones when we are the ones hurting ourselves. I loved the different relational dynamics in this book and it highlights the difference between codependent relationships and ones that really support us and care for us, and the impact that can have on someone’s life! 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings