A review by angelayoung
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I said to my local bookseller: 'Why would I want to read a retelling of David Copperfield?' What a fool. Demon Copperhead is a wonderful and wonderfully told story and, as always with Barbara Kingsolver, it's a story of a fight for social justice. I wonder if she ever thought about the phonetics of the oxycontin manufacturers Purdue: all those lost people ... . Read it, even if you feel as I did before you do. I was wrong.