A review by subdue_provide75
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

This was a tremendous slog for me. The ending kind of pulled it together, and it does do a good job at showing the systemic violence of poverty and pain pills in Appalachia. But phew, it is not literature, and I would have put it down a number of times if it hadn't been a book club book for me. I could see how, if you read mostly books like this, you would only read 6 or 7 books per year.
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