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A review by brogan7
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.5
A tremendously difficult book and also more than can be put into words on whatever you call the other part of that, the half that's about redemption and healing and understanding the human heart.
There were parts I thought Kingsolver missed, tonally, like she didn't seem to understand what he might feel when Dori died, besides "bad," "felt awful,"--she invested so much in his resignation she missed some of the despair.
And also his shame during the addiction part, that seemed to be on "light," and also the Emmy part, it's like she knew all the facts but she didn't know how to line them up emotionally, which, thank god or it would have been unreadable...<\spoiler>
I am still processing this book. It is so... gentle, painted with the lightest touch, I can't exactly say which audience it's most meant for, being it's such a harsh story, and then told with such hope, a hope I think most within those experiences would not believe in. <Spoiler> To think that all of them survived? Emmy, Maggot, Tommy and Demon? Who would believe that? Not to mention Angus, whose threats were all vague and unrealized...I don't buy that for a second...<\spoiler>
The part I most appreciated was the Black teacher in the school, the explicit teaching of the book, the rage and the reclamation of the Hillbilly identity.
There were parts I thought Kingsolver missed, tonally, like she didn't seem to understand what he might feel when
And also his shame during the addiction part, that seemed to be on "light," and also the Emmy part, it's like she knew all the facts but she didn't know how to line them up emotionally, which, thank god or it would have been unreadable...<\spoiler>
I am still processing this book. It is so... gentle, painted with the lightest touch, I can't exactly say which audience it's most meant for, being it's such a harsh story, and then told with such hope, a hope I think most within those experiences would not believe in. <Spoiler> To think that all of them survived? Emmy, Maggot, Tommy and Demon? Who would believe that? Not to mention Angus, whose threats were all vague and unrealized...I don't buy that for a second...<\spoiler>
The part I most appreciated was the Black teacher in the school, the explicit teaching of the book, the rage and the reclamation of the Hillbilly identity.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Grief, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism