Demon Copperhead vs The Adult: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Literary Fiction, Coming-of-age, Fiction
Demon Copperhead
"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose." Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer,…
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The Adult
It's her first year of college - her first real time away from home - and Natalie isn't quite sure what to do. She's learning how to be an adult, without anyone to really show her the way. Nora is an older woman - a…
The verdict
- Readers rate Demon Copperhead highest: Demon Copperhead 4.5 · The Adult 3.8.
- The Adult is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for Demon Copperhead.
- Demon Copperhead has the widest readership — 894369 ratings behind its score.
- Demon Copperhead runs the darker storyline; The Adult stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Demon Copperhead | The Adult | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (894369) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.4 (768) | 3.0 (9) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (8295) | 4.0 (19) |
Reception
| Demon Copperhead | The Adult | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 894369 | 19 |
| Editions | 11 | 4 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 833072 | — |
| Reading it now | 91854 | — |
| Written reviews | 94519 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 30732 | 37 |
| Pages | 560 | 311 |