Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

264 reviews

hbskeen's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, Toxic friendship, Child death, Drug use, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Vomit, and Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Suicide

adriannarivard's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, and Addiction

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Abortion, and Animal death

hinkleh's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying

annieliz's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was so sad I thought it was going to crush me. Instead, I was lifted up with hope. I loved Demon, and wanted him so badly to be ok. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Drug use, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Miscarriage

jane_moriarty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Death, and Miscarriage

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Abortion

Child abuse does not include sexual abuse, mostly neglect

leahgustafson's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I had been looking forward to reading this one for SO long, and it absolutely lived up to the hype! I’m really glad I read David Copperfield before reading this one. While it would be completely fine reading to this one on its own, I think reading them together is a really unique reading experience. I felt so much excitement when I was introduced to formerly beloved characters in a new capacity. I loved comparing the connections and nuances of characters between both books, and the details were really thoughtful and creative. The setting Kingsolver chose for this retelling is a genius way to demonstrate that the same issues Dickens wrote about are still prevalent today. 

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While there are similarities, Demon is a stronger narrator than David, and I absolutely fell in love with him as both a narrator and storyteller. I rooted for him while he simultaneously made me laugh out loud and broke my heart. Demon walks the reader through some really dark and heavy realities in such a unique and beautiful way. While you may have some background on the opioid crisis or know some statistics, the reality told through stories is extremely powerful. 

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I flipped back and forth between the print and audio versions (as usual). I think the audio version is phenomenal—if you’re looking for a good listen, this would be a great pick!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

emmapaigereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Death, and Death of parent

zoinkie's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Classism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Trafficking, and Violence

zoemajors's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

2.75

A bit too slow-paced for my liking. Lots of heavy topics in this book but a great depiction of growing up in the rural south in the late 90s/early 2000s. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

fwrench's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia