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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

10 reviews

astronautin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Racism, Pedophilia, and Homophobia

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Ableism, Abortion, Blood, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Excrement, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide and War

navyredrose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

The Audiobook narrator for this one was fantastic! Truly brought Demon to life!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Pregnancy, Drug use, and Cursing

Moderate: Gore, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Classism, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Animal death

mkcate's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racism, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Homophobia, Trafficking, and Suicide

honeybeewitched87's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Sexual content, Trafficking, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

booksarebrainfood's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia

Minor: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Gaslighting, Ableism, and Medical trauma

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

The type of soul-aching sad that prohibits you from even crying, this novel pushes the boundaries of what we know and understand about the ravages that drugs, particularly opiates, have doled out to the people of Appalachia. Even though you can see the cycle happening before it ever does, you can’t help but love and root for Demon as an unlikely hero. The characters are beautifully and painstakingly crafted to reflect the complexities found in mountain folks. For some reason, it took me a long time to finish the book — but I’m so glad I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Child death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Vomit, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Violence

tigerkind's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

A really tough read but worth it. Sucks you right in, punches you in the gut and throws you out on the other side with a whole new set of emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Mental illness, Classism, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Gore, Addiction, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexism, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Dementia

Minor: Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Pedophilia, War, and Outing

corriejn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Racism, Homophobia, and Grief

Minor: Suicide, Pregnancy, Vomit, Abortion, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

liblibby's review

emotional sad tense slow-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 finished this book not 90 seconds ago and I hurried here to write my review because I want it to be fresh in my mind.

This book touched me. I knew that I would enjoy it because it's Barbara Kingsolver and the way that she writes gives me goosebumps--but I didn't expect this. I didn't expect it to fully wreck me and teach me and light a fire inside of me. This book is dark and long but it is a fully compelling and ultimately hopeful critique of systemic poverty and pain pills. I can't believe how quickly I burned through huge swaths of this book.

We are cheering for Demon from the very first page. We get to know him so deeply, so intimately to the point where we understand every single move he makes--even when they're the wrong moves we feel like we couldn't imagine doing anything different. 
This book is sad. It's deeply sad but it also has some very funny parts. Demon is so darn witty.  It's going down as one of the greatest books I've ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pedophilia