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A review by shivani_reads
Supper Club by Jackie Morrow
2.75
Supper Club is a book that grabbed my attention right from seeing the delicious-looking cover.
This is a high school coming-of-age story, with all the dramas that may entail. And the titular supper club serves as the one thing our main characters all have in common and can all come together for among the chaos of the final school year...until even that starts to become difficult for some of them.
I must admit, from the cover art and the description, I expected more of a focus on the supper club gatherings themselves, especially with the first night being given to us in so much detail. But as the story progressed, the food shifted more to the background as the teens' problems came to the forefront.
On that note, while I wasn't a fan of Nora, it was good to see some mental health rep with her panic attacks. However, I think she (and the others to a degree) were downright awful to Iris, who is going through a terrible time with her hospitalised dad.
Lily's story was also slightly disappointing, in that we see her being the first in the group navigating things with a potential love interest, but there's no real resolution to anything that happens, so we're left not knowing if that goes anywhere.
Overall this was a fairly simple read, and though the art style isn't quite what I'd expected based on the cover, it still works well enough. And I was glad to see a handful of the featured recipes included in the back of the book!
Thank you to Netgalley, Image Comics and Jackie Morrow for sending me a digital copy in exchange for an honest review.
This is a high school coming-of-age story, with all the dramas that may entail. And the titular supper club serves as the one thing our main characters all have in common and can all come together for among the chaos of the final school year...until even that starts to become difficult for some of them.
I must admit, from the cover art and the description, I expected more of a focus on the supper club gatherings themselves, especially with the first night being given to us in so much detail. But as the story progressed, the food shifted more to the background as the teens' problems came to the forefront.
On that note, while I wasn't a fan of Nora, it was good to see some mental health rep with her panic attacks. However, I think she (and the others to a degree) were downright awful to Iris, who is going through a terrible time with her hospitalised dad.
Lily's story was also slightly disappointing, in that we see her being the first in the group navigating things with a potential love interest, but there's no real resolution to anything that happens, so we're left not knowing if that goes anywhere.
Overall this was a fairly simple read, and though the art style isn't quite what I'd expected based on the cover, it still works well enough. And I was glad to see a handful of the featured recipes included in the back of the book!
Thank you to Netgalley, Image Comics and Jackie Morrow for sending me a digital copy in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders