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A review by artemisia_vulgaris
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
5.0
This is a wonderful, grim, frequently funny, heartbreaking book - a version of David Copperfield set in Appalachia at the height of the opiate crisis with a courageous, tender, profane protagonist who tells you the story of his terrible boyhood with unforgettable, vivid charm. I love him. I loved it. It puts the reader through a lot, but you go there eagerly just to be with Demon, as real a fictional boy as I have ever read. It’s so magnificent it made me want to read every Kingsolver book I ever missed, and re-read the ones I’ve read.
It’s a good, sensitive audio narration - the accent is just right, which helps, and while the women characters are occasionally a little off and there’s the odd wrong emphasis, all in all it’s beautifully read.
It’s a good, sensitive audio narration - the accent is just right, which helps, and while the women characters are occasionally a little off and there’s the odd wrong emphasis, all in all it’s beautifully read.