This book took me awhile to finish, mainly because I kept putting it down for long periods of time. When I was reading it, I felt like I was fully in Demon’s world. I loved his descriptions, kid-like but so detailed, the way someone who is constantly survival mode learns to observe the world around them. I ripped through the second half of this book so fast, just wanting to know what happened to everyone and desperately wanting him to get a break. Will be recommending this to my friends so we can talk about it.

A beautifully written story.The people of Lee County will be thought of often.

So wonderfully written, sometimes hard to read but what a read!

Great writing, Demon is a smart, funny kid. Several times found myself laughing at his perspective.

Demon Copperhead. Harlan county, oxycodone, meth and trailer trash. This book drew a picture that made me feel as if I was living there, suffering there and rejoicing in the few victories to be won. A book that should be read and lived by parents, politicians, medical professionals, school guidance counselors and all who care about the growing problem with "legal addiction"and life in communities that are not privileged. A compelling account as real as it is fictional. It will live with me for ages to come.

Phenomenal! Gorgeous writing about terrible topics. You root for Damon from start to finish, as you wonder how our society can be so blind and cruel.

It took me a while to get into it because of a reading slump BUT when Demon attached himself to my heart it was over I could not read enough about him.

Someone wrote this is her best book. I think it may be the second best. But this is an author who has set a pole-vault high standard. From Bean Trees and High Tide in Tucson through her Kentucky garden and orchard series, each book has made us wonder at the mystery and glory of Mother Earth and things that grow out of Her. But Demon is a very different sort of book. Partly it’s an indictment of those who set loose the opioid crisis and a curse on all those who addicted, co-facilitated the suicides of and profited off the supply of high-powered killer addictives like OxyContin to young people, people in pain, athletes and those with cancer, leading to millions of deaths, millions of fractured lives. It’s also a look from the inside at how lives are kicked to the gutter by a society that disvalues its children, exploits their talents and gifts of spirit, while chewing up the adults by refusing to thank them or support them or pay them for all they do offer to the community. At first I took a while dealing with all the sewage that pours into a poor boy’s life. I ran out of shock and pity at once. Then I burnt out on all his bad choices even when the narrative seemed to make excuses for him. Finally when I had nothing left to give him, he had something to give me. I trust he’ll give a gift to you too.

Loved this book. witty yet sad, and thought provoking.

I loved Demon Copperhead as a character. Be ready … it’s a long book and it’s sad.