Cost

Cost: A Novel by Roxana Robinson

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
I thought a good chunk of this novel bordered on melodramatic. It was no doubt a adequate depiction of heroine addiction and how it effects the entire family, but so much of the novel felt cliche. It's new fiction, it just came out 2 weeks ago. Had I read this novel 6 years ago (before addiction was such a hot topic in literature, film and television) I might have had a better tolerance for the story. But the interventionist, the concerned parents who react with anger, guilt and sadness, the brother who is torn between loyalty and love, and the distant sister, the novel felt like something I had already read before. That being said, I did admire Robinson's use of narrative and third person storytelling which encompassed every character. Her strongest scenes were those centered around Edward and Katherine, the grandparents. This is a very well written book but the subject matter is nothing new.


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