Kylie’s Reviews > Demon Copperhead > Status Update

I'm glad I've gotten to the point that descriptions of drug use no longer trigger cravings. Kingsolver does a great job of explaining the dilemma drug addicts go through. People dismiss addiction as just the result of bad choices, but they don't understand that when you are in pain, making the "good" choice could lose you your job. Like Demon said, drugs buy you time so you can survive another day.

I'm at a part where Demon is at a party that was a normal 4th of July party at first with beer and fireworks, but towards the end of the party Demon sees the people he grew up nodding out on heroin. I grew up in rural poverty, and this part crushed me because the same kids I had sleepovers in elementary school with were sticking needles in their arms in their 20s.

I swear this kid doesn't get a break. Things are maybe looking up at this point, but knowing how life is in these poor areas, I'm sure he's got more hardships ahead. I knew a few foster kids growing up and they had similar horror stories.

This book already made me cry. I grew up in rural poverty, and this book nails it. The main character reminds me of my son, red hair and all. I was also a young mom. I'm glad I got my act together and could be there for my son. This book made me realize just how important a mother is to their son, and while I already knew that in a matter-of-fact kind of way, this book made me feel it deeply.