This was enjoyable. The pacing was a little slow but overall I enjoyed it. The book was full of interesting and relatable characters.

"The Supper Club" by Sophie King is a delightful and heartwarming novel that brings together a diverse group of characters, each with their own stories and struggles, united by their love of food and the community it creates. King’s writing is warm and engaging, drawing readers into the lives of the characters as they navigate personal challenges while finding solace and connection in their shared meals.

The novel revolves around a supper club—a regular gathering where members meet to share delicious meals and, in the process, open up about their lives. As the characters come together around the table, their individual stories unfold, revealing themes of love, loss, friendship, and the healing power of good food. King expertly weaves these narratives together, creating a rich tapestry of emotions and experiences that resonate with the reader.

"The Supper Club" is not just about food; it’s about the relationships that are built and strengthened through the act of sharing a meal. Each character brings something unique to the table, and through their interactions, they help each other grow and overcome their difficulties. The novel beautifully captures the essence of community and the idea that sometimes, the simple act of coming together can provide the support and understanding we all need.

With its blend of humor, heartfelt moments, and delicious descriptions of food, "The Supper Club" is a thoroughly enjoyable read. Sophie King has crafted a story that will appeal to anyone who loves stories about friendship, community, and the bonds that form over a shared meal. It’s a book that will leave you feeling warm, satisfied, and perhaps a little hungry.

Thank you, NetGalley for an advanced ARC of the audiobook of this book

It toke me a few days to get through this and I just didn't connect with the characters, I wish I could connect more with this book but I do see this would be to other's taste even tho it was not my favourite.... I just found it a little frustrating for me

🎧📚Audiobook Review 🍽️

Title : The Supper Club
Author : Sophie King
Rate : 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Thanks to @netgalley for an Arc copy of this audiobook. This was published on the 30th April 2024.
This book has been out a while so I am assuming it is a relaunch of it. I really enjoyed the narrator and brought the story to life.

Imagine a travelling supper party, held at a different house every month. Sounds like a fun way for friends and neighbours to socialise.

Lucy’s dinners used to be famous before her husband died and they fell to the way side. Now she is engaged and she wants to reinstate the supper club.
However things have changed over the years and nothing ever goes smoothly.

I really enjoyed all the different characters and relationship situations that happen in this book.
It took me a bit of time to wrap my head around who was who, with overlapping of friendships, family and even ex partners.

I’ve heard someone compare this to a soap opera and I really liked this comparison. So if that’s your kind of thing, definitely go pick this one up.

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Unfortunately I didn’t really enjoy this book. I found most of the characters unlikable and the story just felt a little bit too forced.

I think this was a decent book, but at times, the audiobook was difficult to follow. Sometimes, it felt as if the POVs would switch with little warning. Some (not all) characters were super endearing and I really liked them, but not all. Definitely think its a good physical or e-read over audiobook.

I quite like the premise of the story as supper clubs among friends creates a setting where much introspection and interesting conversations can occur. Unfortunately the storyline, the unlikeable characters, and their development in the story felt flat for me, so I was unable to connect to the book on any level.

I feel like feel the bones of this one has potential though. Perhaps fewer friends to have room to go deeper into their characters. Perhaps a first person narrator.

Thank you, NetGalley and Bonnier UK audio for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The central theme of "The Traveling Supper Club" is the village tradition of monthly supper parties which serve as a quaint background for an interesting exploration of interwoven lives. Lucy's intentions to make her fiancé known and lighten Chrissie's friend burden as well as a probable matchmaker role for her sister Jenny unfold into unexpected sequences though seemingly revolving around these dinner events, the story actually goes much deeper into family dynamics and even business-related topics: which makes it quite easy to relate with and yet very captivating. Though many characters are involved, each one is carefully developed— even if some of the twists in the plot may be anticipated. The ending, unfortunately, seems too sudden without providing all answers readers would seek closure for; nevertheless, where this book truly shines is through its audio narration that manages to breathe life into every single character with such individuality that listening becomes thoroughly enjoyable. Special thanks are due — to Netgalley and Bonnier Audio UK — for leading us down this pleasurable path.

An easy read, with unpredictable, often unlikeable characters - who all had redeeming qualities. I couldn't quite believe the behaviours of some characters, like Lucy, but really enjoyed the development of others - like Patsy and Chrissie. I really enjoyed the character arc for Jenny.

A light-hearted, easy read but slightly predictable.

I found the premise interesting but it failed to live up to my expectations, I just couldn't gel with the characters.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for gifting me this arc in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.

An enjoyably and easy funny audiobook! I quite enjoy the characters there, as it’s like the people that we met everyday - different characters. The neighborhood was always an interesting storyplot!

There were many characters in the story, which needed time to follow. The narrator did a perfect job in this audiobook. The voice and speed were perfect.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for my copy.

Pub date: April 30, 2024

A traveling supper party held in a different house every month seemed like the perfect way for neighbours to socialize according to Lucy. She wanted to introduce her new fiancé Mike to everyone.

Chrissie loved the idea as she wanted to focus on something other than her baby boy George. There was Jenny, Lucy's sister, who was perpetually single. There was also Patsy, the fashion model who had stolen the husband of Lucy's friend Maggie.

With all these different characters it was sure to be interesting. Not!😅 I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected. At times it was slow paced. Listening to it on audio made it even worse as there were so many characters to get acquainted with.

I stuck it out to the end mainly because the soap opera level of drama at times had me wanting to know how it would all end.

Thank you to Netgalley and Publisher for an ALC in exchange for an honest review.

I really struggled with this book. The synopsis seemed promising, but this edition appears to be a re-release of a book from 2008, and while that isn’t that long ago, I think contemporary literature has moved on in lots of ways. These characters do not have much redeeming, and what empathy I might have felt for them was too little, too late—they had already sufficiently annoyed me. To a person, the cast is horrendously judgmental, they lie and cheat on their partners, and they cannot communicate with anyone with love or respect. I was not convinced by the reveals of their various traumas. My biggest compliment is that the narration is wonderfully well done, making it bearable to listen to.

Thank you to Netgalley and Bonnier Audio UK for providing my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this easy listening humorous lighthearted relatable book. By the book description it appears the story will be solely focused on dinner parties however its more than this and actually goes into the lives of each character and how they are all entwined with each other.

The story explores various areas of family dynamics that many of us can and may relate to in one way or another from rasing children to managing business, family dynamics and ao much more. Early on it was a little difficult to follow who is who with so many different characters who all interlink in various ways by the end of the book there are a few little plot twists that bring it all together that I didn't see coming which was a nice surprise as it wasn't predictable!!!

The narration was very well done in that all characters were brought to life in their own individual ways making it easy to differntiate between them all and a pleasurable listen.

Thank you to Netgalley and Bonnier Audio UK for the opportunity to listen to this book in return for an honest review.

🎧Audio Book Review🎧

The Supper Club
Sophie King

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

This was such a great read and so not at all what I expected.
As you know, I often go into books blind and just get drawn in by the covers and tag lines, so this was ana unexpected joy.

We meet Lucy whose dinner parties used to be famous around town - but since her husband died, the parties fell by the wayside.
Now engaged to new boyfriend, Mike, Lucy decides to reinstate the supper club, but with so much changed over the years, things don't always go smoothly!

I absolutely loved all the groups of friends and family.
We meet each couple at the party over the first few chapters and then each character develops over the course of the book.
As we learn more about the backstories and take a leek into their current lives we also see how the relationships have developed and morphed over the last few years.

The interactions between the different groups were complex and at times, quite hilarious.
The humour injected into each meeting really took the edge of the underlying stresses and strains within each of the couples relationships and I loved how this began to ripple further afield.

At first, I have to admit to finding it hard to keep track of who was who and in which relationship, because a lot of them overlapped - some friends, some family, some ex partners etc etc - but after the initial few meetings and a bit more info on the individuals, it was brilliant to see how each was interwoven within the whole group.

I loved every single character (maybe not all initially and I did go off a few in the middle...but) overall, each had a fascinating story to tell - with some secrets thrown in there too.
Utterly relatable and told in such a way that you couldn't help become totally invested in each of the couples' lives.

A really enjoyable read and my first by this author. I'll definitely be looking out for more in the future!


💕Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for my ARC copy - this is my honest review 💕

This book has been (apparently) out for sometime so I assume it’s a relaunch. That being said, if you are a regular reader of Sophie Kings books make sure you’ve not read it in a previous cover.

I quite enjoyed this story. I like a book like this which holds more than romance and has some depth to it. And this book definitely has that.

A lot of these characters add a lot of flavour to the mix too whether you love them or hate them or indifferent.

Romance, lies and drama, it’s all here.

A 3* enjoyable read.

It did slump a bit but got going again quite soon.

There were a few “ohh dear” moments from me gasping and shaking my head but on the whole I enjoyed it.

The narrator did a good job of bringing it all to life.

A lovely little slice of life novel following the interwoven lives of a group of friends who regularly join together for a supper club.

Enjoyable and well narrated.

Inspired by a magazine article, Lucy decides to start a supper club with her friends where they each take turns hosting a dinner party once a month.

Circumstances have changed quite a lot over the last few years with divorces, deaths and new children, meaning a lot of dirty laundry gets aired.

A dramatic story following a wide cast of characters presented using the POVs of several unique women!

I listen to audiobooks whenever I can at work. It’s not nearly as often as I used to be able to, so I always really value an audiobook that instantly captures my attention and doesn’t make me feel regret at choosing it. This most assuredly fit those criteria! Within the first few moments, Lucy had me wanting to know more about her life and her heart behind the supper clubs. All the individuals are varying degrees of flawed, and, honestly, it was really (REALLY) hard to like some of them. In spite of that, I was truly invested in all of their stories and was eager to see where they’d end up. There was just enough humor, a whole lot of heart, and more drama than some reality TV.

I will say this was ever so slightly different from what I expected. I’m not sure if I just misread the blurb, but I thought the suppers would be the primary setting for the novel. While the suppers were a feature, significantly more time was spent in the moments between the gatherings. This was not a massive problem as I was very interested in the lives of the group, but it did take me by surprise.

All-in-all, this was a very solid 3-star read for me. It’s not one that I’ll likely read again, but I am interesting in reading more Sophie King in the future!

Thank you to NetGalley, Sophie King, and Bonnier UK Audio for allowing me the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review!

I enjoyed this. A fun easy listen with excellent narration. The idea of a travelling supper club is hellish to me. It was also pretty hellish for the attendees of each supper, tied into each though, are family dramas, lost loves, affairs, betrayals, lies and everything else life throws up.

I note on here that there are reviews here as far back as 13 years ago. I can only assume the book is having a relaunch, it perhaps a follow up is due?! Keen to find out.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bonnier Audio U.K. for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook in return for an honest review.