I’m half way through Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. I‘be read all her books and in my opinion, this is the best one yet. It’s a “redo” of David Copperfield, set in today’s Appalachia, written in the first person of the protagonist, an 11 year old boy, who grows up with an unstable mother, then ends up in foster care, which he runs away from. That’s as far as I’ve gotten. The writing is believable as coming from a kid that age, albeit a pretty smart and resourceful one, and the pace is fairly quick, with very interesting experiences. I found it a little dull and hard to read at the beginning, but that improved (don’t know if it was me or the book), and now I’m reading deep into the night.
It’s one of those books where you want to keep reading to see what happens next, but at the same time don’t want to get to the end.
I recommend this book.
