I do think that there is value in reading something that challenges us and brings us to a new perspective. There have been plenty of books I have put down for one reason or another in the past but I struggled with the decision to stop reading this one. All the responses said basically the same thing, if it’s making you unhappy then STOP reading! I made a post in one of my book Facebook groups and said I was struggling with finishing this particular book. I really didn’t like what I was reading (hearing.) Maybe I’ll get back to listening tomorrow, I thought. I was in the carline before picking my son up from school and I just couldn’t listen anymore. I made it to the hour and half mark and there was a really horrific description of violence against a woman and baby. The story is told from the young man’s point of view whose nickname is Demon and it’s a pretty gritty story from the start about a boy born to a mother on drugs and alcohol right on the kitchen floor of a ramshackle trailer. To be honest, I never read “David Copperfield,” but I was determined to read “Demon Copperhead.” I downloaded the audiobook and began. The book is described as a modern day retelling of Dickens’ “David Copperfield,” but set in rural Appalachia. If you don’t want to finish, you don’t have to! This is a lesson I had to remind myself of recently.īarbara Kingsolver’s latest book “Demon Copperhead” is highly acclaimed and a New York Times bestseller. Sometimes you start reading a book and you realize it’s just not for you.
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