allthetrees 's review for:

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Glad it had a happy ending for Demon and Angus. I would have been devastated otherwise.

I interestingly had conflicted feelings about the style of the writing - as someone who has grammar rules drilled into me in English classes, yet speaking with a southern mountain dialect. Took a bit to get used to, but it gave authenticity to Demon. I enjoyed seeing some of my favorite sayings in a novel, like "built like a brick shithouse".

Too much reality in the book, it was a heavy read for a fictional story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Trafficking, Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic