Cost: A Novel
by Roxana Robinson
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Book Reviews of Cost: A Novel
Book Review: Outstanding and absorbing
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow, this one is a slice of life and you will feel like a fly on the wall reading this very realistic book. It has complicated family situations and I had strong feelings for the various characters, both good and bad. Now I want to know what happens to the family AFTER the end of the book...if their dynamics ever changed. Oh yeah, I forgot, this is fiction. Seriously, it is so absorbing that I felt the characters were real. Can't wait to read her other books. By the way, if you loved this, try the book "Need", also a psychological drama about her psychologist and her patients. Very heavy and excellent too.Book Review: Cost
Summary: 5 Stars
As someone who is going through the hell of a son's addiction process, this book was very painful to read. That said, there is much helpful information for those uncertain as to what may or may not be going on in the life of a loved one involved drug usage, as in clues galore for those with little experience in the dark unfamiliar world of heroin. Also, Robinson's characters mirror just about every emotion common to families in this struggle. It lets the most involved readers know that they are not alone in their thoughts, obsession with getting their loved one well. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Book Review: Added to my "All Time Best"list
Summary: 5 Stars
A fascinating read, the book features first person narrative from three generations of the same family reunited in a lovely old cottage on the Maine coast.
The grandparents face inevitable losses that come with old age, including diminished physical capabilities, and the realization of the grandmother's approaching dementia, particularly painful for the grandfather, a former Neurosurgeon.
The parents have emerged from a barely healed divorce and now cope with their heroin addicted adult son, as the son battles painful withdrawal, and all the indignities of an addict's lifestyle.
Book Review: Reminds me of George Eliot in the Trueness of the Characters
Summary: 5 Stars
It's early in the year so you never know, but it will be an amazing reading year if this one isn't at or near the top of my best-of-the-year list come December. Incredibly compelling and moving. So many elements so well interwoven: the complex world of parenting, the awkward relationships we have with our siblings,the experience of losing a parent or a spouse to Alzheimers. I don't think I've ever seen the idea of the adult child still needing to be the good child delivered so thoughtfully. I find myself thinking of George Eliot, in the way Robinson delivers such realness in fiction.Book Review: My opinion only
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this book because I'd read reviews in several different places and it promised to be good. Also, being a Maine native, I was intrigued.
I did enjoy it, the author set the stage for many different characters to develop...but I was a little disappointed towards the end. I felt like it ended abruptly and it only closed on one character. Maybe she did too good a job at developing the other characters so the readers wanted more on them as well. Overall, it was a pretty good summer read.