I think a lot of us have had this experience in senior year of high school or college, or a time when it felt like everyone was going away in life. I love that the characters made it a point to carve time out of their life to still get together and make the most of senior year. Of course, life gets in the way of that and some of the friends start to deal with things outside of their weekly gatherings. Supper Club is an emotional and relatable story. I wished we got more of what Iris was going through. Overall, this book was great and I enjoyed it but I didn't like the ending. Mild spoiler: I was dealing with a similar thing in my senior year and was not a fan of how Nora reacted to Iris. The book overall was wonderful and a great coming-of-age story, but that ending.

The illustrations were well-done and I loved the color choices. There's a few recipes in the back of the book, which I loved!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!

Supper Club follows three girls, as they navigate their final year of high school. All three of the girls felt very real. They feel like girls who are trying to navigate life, high school, and preparing for their future. Unfortunately, while this is called "Supper Club", there is very little focus on food. Yes, each chapter features a dish on its title page, but it's not really mentioned within the story, just featured in the background. I will admit, with the title "Supper Club" I expected there to be at least a bit more focus on the food. Though the recipes in the back of the book were a really cute touch. The overall plot lines of each girl feel as if they are almost completely separate from the other girls, which leaves the overall story feeling oddly discordant. The individual plot lines were decent, common coming-of-age storylines, but they don't mesh together all too well. The plot of this graphic novel also moves very quickly. It felt like certain parts just rushed past with barely any time to soak in the story. In spite of all this, I did find this to be a sweet story. The art style I loved! It fits perfectly with the overall vibe of the story and was a delight to look at.

This book is less about a supper club per se, than it is about a group of high school girls who find commonalities, camaraderie and comfort by meeting to prepare food and eat together on a regular basis.

Amidst all the pressures of performance and conformity that students at that level face, this is a good way of letting off steam for them.

Over the school year, there are the usual instances of misunderstandings, falling out, making up and leaning in. Namely, a heaped helping of teenage drama, alongside the other goodies on offer!

Various sets of parents appear against the backdrop every now and then, and those interactions are also a nice detail to take note of.

I wasn't altogether happy with the art, because I felt that the food should have been depicted with more finesse. But overall, this was an appetizing read, if not a groundbreaking one.

Rating 2.25

I was sent this ebook by Image Comics Via NetGalley, but I will give my honest review.


I have to admit I was pulled in by the cover, and the synopsis, a graphic novel based around a group of friends’ love for food.

I was eager to dive in to this read. I found the illustrations to be quirky and vibrant. The illustrations of the food were mouth watering.

Starting this book i liked exploring the element of an experience of life where friendships are tested due to people having to deal with experiences in their own way. This plot could have shown great premise, but I n my opinion, I wish that this could have been handled a bit more delicately. I couldn’t really connect with the characters and found them to be a bit dislikable. Don’t get me wrong, I understand they’re dealing with their own issues but I found it hard to feel any emotions towards them. The character I liked the most was Lili, though following her story, it just completely cut off. What happened to Danny?
There seemed to be a few confusing points to this book (such as the whole Danny storyline, which just escalated out of nowhere) and the other members of the Supper Club besides the main trio (who are these extra people? Can we have a little more depth?)

Overall I wish that I could have connected with the characters more and I wish there was more focus and depth to the Supper Club itself, it just felt like a fleeting experience. The characters talked about how much it meant but I couldn’t get the feeling of why.

I really wish that I could have enjoyed it more, but in the end it just wasn’t for me.

A graphic novel about friendship, change, and growing up - oh, and there's some food too.

For a story ostensibly about food, the edibles end up mostly in the background. After the first Supper Club meeting when the story goes into detail about baking a particular treat, the rest of the volume treats the food as set dressing. Delicious set dressing, mind you - the variety of dishes look yummy and I would gladly have enjoyed more focus on them.

Outside of food, Supper Club focuses on friends in their final year of high school trying to stay connected even as their paths pull them in varying directions. Each of the three main characters faces different challenges as they prepare to move on to college.

The story is rather general and serious issues are glossed over or even handled badly. One of the characters (Nora) starts having panic attacks that aren't explicitly named; in fact, the impression is given that no one takes Nora seriously. Another of the girls (Iris) is struggling with a parent in the hospital while trying to maintain excellent grades, and her "friends" just want her to be fun again - no compassion or understanding extended.

There are touches of genuine humor and some goofy over the top behaviors from characters that are charming. I would have loved more of both!

This book has been recommended for fans of Raina Telgemeier, which is a pretty perfect comparison. The art is a fairly simple cartoon style that uses a lot of color with a somewhat surface level relatable plot. It isn't anything spectacular, but what it is is a generally solid book with some heartfelt moments.

Supper Club is about a group of friends in their last year of high school who, after they find out they don't have any classes together, decide to create a food club so that they can still hang out. The story centers around their friendship, the challenges of life, and of course, food. This book does a fantastic job of weaving together the food they all make and the drama of trying to hold a friend group together when life gets in the way. The artwork is beautiful and the food illustrated represents a wide variety of cultures. The recipes at the end of the book are also a fantastic addition! A great pick for foodies and fans of realistic fiction alike.

Overall, this is a very delightful book. If you are a fan of graphic novels and food I definitely recommend picking this up. I did appreciate that there was parent involvement in this graphic novel, which I feel like sometimes you don’t see in stories. Also, if you’re a fan of food, just please pick up this book it looks delicious and I wish food that I cooked look like this in real life.

Overall it is a cute book that shows multitudes of characters and the struggles that a group of friends can face. But it didn't seem very cohesive and I wish I could see more of the story progressing

Supper Club
By Jackie Morrow
Thank you to Negalley for a copy for a honest review
Supper club has a cute and adorable art style, the story has many interesting characters and a lot of good looking foods.
I had fun with this graphic novel and would highly recommend it.
Rating: 5 stars

I feel like if food is involved in stories, i’m automatically wayy too invested. This one was definitely cute, with a very unique and adorable art style. Reminiscent of an older version of the sleepover club or babysitting club in a way, with girls finding enjoyment together as a group as they all together learn individually how to grow up. Honestly, just wish it was longer and perhaps more thought out for the plot to really have a greater emotional impact (cause there is definitely some pretty heavy aspects). Overall, really cute!

I would have loved a Supper Club group during *any* of my years in school. Not only is wonderful food introduced, but the entire graphic novel just feels like a warm, slice-of-life.

This sweet story doesn’t delve into the food as much as I would have liked (it’s foodie lite), but the rough art is charming and there are recipes for 3 of the foods in the back. I recommend this for fans of coming-of-age stories, but while there are many engaging elements overall the work is a bit knotted in terms of plot flow and resolution.

Thank you to NetGalley for the digital review copy!

4.75 stars. Thank you netgalley for providing this arc.

This was beautiful. I loved that each character had a secret struggle, and they all came together for comfort. The coloring was so pretty; I loved how it changed page to page and had gradients at times. The character design was super cute. I love cooking stories, so the fact that this has three recipes at the end is amazinggg. This comic was so well done; I’m excited for any work this author/illustrator does in the future

Lots of moments in this story that I loved. Unique characters, strong personalities, and lots of good looking food. I struggled to keep up with multiple plots and wanted more explanation for what each of the characters was going through. I think this allowed the food to be the main focus, but I got confused and distracted enough that it pulled me from the core of the story. I think it should be longer with more space for side characters and stories!

I LOVED this graphic novel! The idea of friendship and food is everything I wish I had in highschool! I already went out and purchased a physical copy because I had to own this story! A must read!

A sweet story of friendship, and the big changes that come with getting older/more busy. I loved the framing of food, and it really helped to see each individual's story in this way. Very cute, and I really enjoyed it.

I thought this was a great, easy graphic novel read. It follows a group of friends experiencing their senior year and trying to maintain their friendship through the ups and downs of teenage life, family issues, relationships, and school. They try to maintain this friendship through the creation of a Supper Club.
This book is light hearted for the most part with the exception of some of the issues that the characters face. I think this would be great for students to see that reading can be simple and about a story of friends going through the season of senior year. The illustrations are well done and I love the themes around food and relationships. Different friends are able to show their culture and family traditions through what they share with their friends.

This could be an easy and fun book to read with students and then do your own fun food presentation with the class.

I loved that the characters were able to get together and cope in a healthy way. However this novel was confusing at times and could have been longer or included more depth.

Supper Club was a 3 star read for me.

I loved the premise of this graphic novel with themes of friendship, family, and food. The illustrations were unique and added a lot to the story. The addition of recipes from the book at the end was also a fun surprise!

Unfortunately, the timeline was so spread out that it felt like, as the reader, I was jumping through time too rapidly. It made it difficult to really get to know the characters. The dialogue was also very cheesy and expected.

It was still a fun, short read, perfect for any foodie.

Thank you NetGalley and Image Comics for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!

Loved the way different cultures were represented by their food and how each dish was an important part of each girls childhood. The meaning of friendship and the importance of loving and being there for your friends was beautifully told in this story.

Actual rating: 3.5

I absolutely adore food based stories. There is something so wholesome about how food brings people together. Supper Club is created when three girls, Nora, Lili, and Iris, need to come up with a way to get together after classes in their final year of High School. The story follows them along this final year as they go through rough patches in their friendship, conflicts between homelife, serious illness of a parent, and questions what someone should share vs what someone should/has the right to keep private. But through all this, Supper Club remains something special to the three of them.

The food wasn’t as central to the Supper Club’s plot as I had initially thought, but I really enjoyed the creation, momentum, and sometimes messiness of Supper Club. It felt like it represented all of their feelings and conflicts throughout the always complicated last year of High School. Each chapter is represented by a different food, and while we don’t see them cooking much - the story is much more about how people's lives move forward and they can come back and connect over food.

The art is fun and stylized and there is humour and heart that shines throughout the story. I would love to see more foodie stuff, but I think the story that was told was beautiful and exactly what it needed to be. I would definitely read more from this author.

*I received an eARC from Image Comics & NetGalley. All opinions are my own*