A moving and insightful book… stylistically fluent and engages the reader with every word

A narrative pace that never flags, a solid cast of characters, a vividly imagined recreation of period

There is humour as well as tragedy in this book, besides its faint note of hope for human nature; and it is delightfully written

No one ever forgets this book

One of the best novels I remember ... uniquely unsentimental

Her book is lifted … into the rare company of those that linger in the memory

A rich and remarkable novel

There's a beautiful simplicity to it that means anyone can read it... Transcends any particular time or generation

A smart, zeitgeisty, genuinely affecting coming-of-age-tale... Lara Williams is very much a talent in her own right

For reading while eating in the bath and licking your lips... There's no other book to read this month

Totally invigorating... With elements of Stephanie Danler's Sweetbitter, Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation and Phoebe Waller Bridge's Fleabag, Supper Club is a succulent, unapologetic celebration of female friendship, female rage, and female appetite

[A] delicious first novel... Williams writes with warmth, wit, and wisdom, serving up distinctive characters and a delectably unusual story. Supper Club will satisfy your craving for terrific writing and leave you hungry for more from this talented writer

A darkly funny coming-of-age story like no other... Supper Club is the ravenous read we all need

A bacchanalian debut novel (that) will leaving you panting and ravenous

Extremely well done... Williams's enthusiasm for good food is attractive, and she writes with a pleasingly fluent style

Darkly delicious... A celebration of female power and friendship with wonderful food writing

Engrossing, humorous and candid, this exploration of a woman on the verge of finding herself makes for an enthralling novel

An homage to female rage and the bonds of friendship, Supper Club will entice readers like a gourmet feast and leave them just as satisfied

Williams explores the complex relationship many women have with their deepest desires

A bacchanalian homage to women's rage and female friendship

You'll want to feast on this book

A love letter to those friends, both retained and lost, who have an irrevocable influence on who we are and how we understand ourselves. It's a powerful interrogation of the current status of women within western societies. But it is also a provocation to demand more, a challenge to hold each other to account, and an enticement to celebrate the vibrancy of women's lives with the raucous abandon they deserve. It's the counter fairy tale: biting the apple brought wisdom and confidence, not a loss of consciousness. No prince necessary

Rebellious and subversive... Williams excels at visceral descriptions of bodies and food alike

A bold and fresh story about food, friendship and feminism...compelling reading.

Bold, wild and witty

A small utopia celebrating the intoxications of female friendship and standing as a private bulwark against patriarchy

A meditation on life, death and the stories told about both.

The fiction about fiction that takes the breath away… Quichotte expertly does it again.

Funny and touching and sad and oddly vulnerable, rather like its eponymous hero… [Quichotte is] compelling.

Rushdie is a master storyteller who weaves his fictions and characters into such agreeable tapestries.

The novel's dazzling virtuosity and cascade of cultural references culminate in a final moving moment of hope