About the Book
Roberta spends her life trying not to take up space. At almost thirty, she is adrift and alienated from life. Stuck in a mindless job and reluctant to pursue her passion for food, she suppresses her appetite and recedes to the corners of rooms. But when she meets Stevie, a spirited and effervescent artist, their intense friendship sparks a change in Roberta, a shift in her desire for more. Together, they invent the Supper Club, a transgressive and joyous collective of women who gather to celebrate, rather than admonish, their hungers. They gather after dark and feast until they are sick; they break into private buildings and leave carnage in their wake; they embrace their changing bodies; they stop apologizing. For these women, each extraordinary yet unfulfilled, the club is a way to explore, discover, and push the boundaries of the space they take up in the world. Yet as the club expands, growing in both size and rebellion, Roberta is forced to reconcile herself to the desire and vulnerabilities of the body–and the past she has worked so hard to repress. Devastatingly perceptive and savagely funny, Supper Club is an essential coming-of-age story for our times.
My Review
This was a big miss for me, unfortunately. The description and cover intrigued me, but I could tell from the first few pages the writing was not going to be for me. The story felt disjointed, jarring and the overall theme was dark and depressing with really no light moments tossed in. Each time I grabbed my Kindle I felt uncomfortable diving back into the book, and eventually turned to speed reading to finish it, just in case any particular scene piqued my interest and I could find some connection with the characters, but that didn’t end up happening. I haven’t had a book disappoint me like this in quite some time.
1 star
