Supper Club

Supper Club was lighthearted and a great palate cleanser from my last read! It made me reminisce on being a senior in high school: young, carefree, and hanging out with my friends. I loved the unique dynamic between this group and how right off the bat it was established that they had been close for quite some time.

A brief summary of Supper Club: Nora, Lili, and Iris are seniors in high school who create an after-school "Supper Club" to try and stay close friends despite their busy schedules and them inevitably going in different directions once they graduate.

This novel did a great job showing each characters lives separately while maintaining the balance of their friendship as a whole. I loved that the characters dealt with real-world scenarios such as anxiety and the pressure to live up to certain standards set forth by elders. It was all too relatable for me. This novel also had a great reference of time, such as the girls decorating pumpkins together, walking in snow, to them graduating high school. It was easy to know what point in time the characters were in from these visual changes.

I really enjoyed seeing the different recipes that the girls would make. It was a great way for me to learn about food from different cultures and let me know a little bit more about the characters themselves.

My only complaints are that I felt like some chapters were too brief. I also felt like Iris could've told her friends what was going on in her life instead of shutting them out completely, especially since we knew how close they all are. It irritated me that Iris didn't confess what was actually going on in her life until the very last chapter, but even then she didn't go into detail about it, she just glossed over the fact that she was distracting herself from her reality. I also think that it was hard for me to connect with the characters; I never really felt like I knew them on a personal level.

All in all, Supper Club was a fun read and I enjoyed the recipes for the food that the characters made throughout the novel. The novel itself was visually pleasing and lighthearted.

Thank you to NetGalley for letting me read this graphic novel!