Demon Copperhead

I saw that this was a retelling of David Copperfield, which I've never read before, but I was like, OK. After finishing this book, I just now read the wiki summary of David Copperfield, and I'm like, ah, I see what you did here, Barbara.

anywayyyyy I loved the voice here, it's so distinct and compelling. The plot...like...I get it, as a Dickensian pastiche, but by the last few travails it was like....getting a little too long/melodramatic for my tastes T B H? I definitely get it as an Issue Novel about Appalachian poverty/opioid crisis/etc in the same way Dickens was highlighting social issues in Victorian England. Like it is not subtle, and that is by design, but also...uh.....well, it's not my fav B-Kings book, I'll say that. I'm still a fan tho!