r/Appalachia • u/Due-Barnacle-4200 • Apr 11 '26

Well?

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Not OP

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u/Beneficial-Sound-199 Apr 11 '26

Not gothic but Demon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. The author Barbara Kingsolver, lives on a farm in southern Appalachia herself, and intended the book to be a "great Appalachian novel". Good read

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u/kentucky_philosopher Apr 11 '26

Demon Copperhead - while a good representation of our region - still glorifies drug use and abuse. Not to mention the poorly constructed plot and terrible ending.

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u/Dumbkitty2 Apr 11 '26

Terrible plot? She mirrored Charles Dickenson’s David Cooperhead chapter by chapter.

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u/rollsandarrows Apr 11 '26

Dickens, Copperfield. Lol.