A review by rachcannoli
Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy

3.0

This book was so incredibly frustrating, particularly Alice. I get that the girl went through so much hardship at a young age and I truly cannot imagine being diagnosed with a terminal illness as a teen could do to your mental state. So I get that. But when she’s gifted a second chance and uses that to basically treat everyone who’s sacrificed and cared and loved her over that time like complete garbage is so awful. She’s so selfish and I feel like she doesn’t really learn anything because she still gets everything she wants by the end. I just found it so incredibly hard to root for her and honestly felt her relationship with Harvey was extremely unhealthy and toxic. The poor boy doesn’t deserve what she does to him in this book and I cannot justify any of her actions, not even with the cancer card. There were parts of this book that I enjoyed, mainly Harvey’s character despite his Alice obsession, but I just couldn’t get behind it as a whole. Not terrible, just not all that good.