Becky, I decided to read Demon Copperhead after watching this interview. The interviewee is the daughter of a friend which is the only reason I originally watched it.
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20240209-pulitzer-winning-novelist-barbara-kingsolver-on-structural-classism-and-the-urban-rural-divide
Demon Copperhead has been a slog, for sure. It's such a long book and I keep getting the characters confused. If I put it down for too long I'm even more confused. However, I like the narrative of Demon's voice with his own perceptions of what he experiences and sees. It's a view into Appalachia with all of its problems such as poverty, drug addiction, and domestic violence but also the closeness of residents of the county where Demon lives. I'm about 2/3 of the way through the book and I've stuck with it because I'm trying to figure out how Demon can have such strong values and be so resilient given where he lives and his terrible childhood experiences. I haven't read any of Kingsolver's other books so I don't know how this book compares.