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The discourse in this book is very important. I would recommend this book to parents or people who want to be parents soon. Although, I found this book to be a conversation starter into this topic. The book was very one sided throughout, and I sometimes found myself pushing back on the author’s advice. Especially in the case of children being less supervised- which I agree with to a point. It just seemed like he was asking readers to take this to an extreme and pushing actual risks under the rug. I think there are more systematic problems that need to be addressed to take all of this author’s advice. (Couldn’t help but think this book was obviously written from a slightly out of touch man’s perspective.) He did address that we need better infrastructure to foster better safety for people/children walking and biking outside independently; but that was mentioned briefly and never brought up again. I thought this book was a good start into this important topic, and I agreed with most of the sentiments and enjoyed the statistics- though I think more research should be done to respond to this book. I will be keeping my eye on new discourse coming out around this topic.

I loved this book! It was fun to read and I enjoyed the unique story! It was complex and fast paced but not too complicated. The writing style is great too. I finished in 3 days which is unusual for me, this book just captivated my attention and flew by! If you’re hesitating to read this because it is deemed a “teen” book, don’t worry about that because it is great for adults too. It’s not childish at all. Loved this! Will definitely read the sequels.

Demon Copperhead had me hoping for the best outcome for the main character Demon the whole story. This was a book with a lot of heartbreak but had a hopeful ending. Shines a light on the opioid epidemic and how it has taken over so many people’s lives. Good book. I want to read David Copperfield by Dickens now to see how these two compare. Great narrator! (listened through Libby)

I thought this was a cute, easy read. Though I found the plot to be boring because it was so predictable. (I’m a sucker for a plot twist!) Also, I know it is the nature of the romance genre, but I personally don’t like too many sex scenes. Could have been a plot twist or something instead… haha!

Dang, I’m conflicted While I was reading this book I thought it felt WAY too long, like a lot of the book could have been condensed. A lot happened in this book!! I went through phases of loving it and then being tired of it and then loving it again. After reading fourth wing I really wanted this book to get to the real story and action; this book really delivered that. I was debating whether to give this book 3 or 4 stars (I’d give 3.5 if that was an option), but I have to go with 4 because the ending was worth the sometimes difficult effort to get through the details of this book. I’m annoyed to say it, but the cliffhanger was so good I may just have to continue on and read the 3rd book.