I had such high hopes for this book. Unfortunately, it was very difficult to follow and I ended up not finishing it.

I always finish books, but I couldn't bring myself to finish this one. I just didn't care about the characters at all, and it was honestly pretty boring. Sorry about that!

I couldn't bring myself to finish this book.
I couldn't find empathy for Alice, or her husband, or anyone else, for that matter. The only one I felt a little sorry for was poor Doe.

If you can't have sympathy for the woman in the book with cancer... you probably should bail out.
So I am.

DNF @ 8%

I started this book last night, but I was so confused. The time jumps were confusing, I was unsure of why some things were included, and there were just a few other things I wasn't enjoying yet. I was willing to continue on before realizing that Alice & Oliver probably just isn't going to be a book for me, so why would I continue it?

I chalked some of the issues up to being because I was reading an uncorrected proof (sent to me for free by the publisher), but I don't think the finished copy would solve many of my problems. So there you have it, friends. I don't think a book that is over 400 pages is worth my time with so many negative reviews saying that the book is just confusing and irritating. Maybe it's just me. (Though I still have a hard time DNF'ing without feeling guilty, ha.)

I found Alice & Oliver to be a wrenching story of love and the will to survive. The author took little time in setting up the relationship between the title characters, but jumped straight in to the overwhelming situation that nearly consumed them. Through all of the struggles with Alice's disease - including the horrors of diagnosis and treatment, the daily care needed for their young child, the attempt to build a new business, and the downward spiral through health insurance and medical payment issues - the one thing that shown through was the love their daughter. I feel that the author gave a realistic view of the suffering that Alice went through, and I appreciated the ending being believable and worth the journey.

At times heart wrenching yet beautiful, this book was definitely one of the best titles that I have read in 2016.

I had a hard time enjoying this book. I found some of the conversational pieces a little dry

To be fair, I didn't finish this. But I couldn't. The writing is disjointed and boring at the same time.

I found this profoundly less compelling than most others did, but, at the same time, it's not a bad novel. It's just rather tiresome, as if a YA novel grew up into an insufferable adult

I did not download this book and therefore cannot provide a review.