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They Didn't Eat Me for Supper
In the wake of a devastating family tragedy, nineteen-year-old Lennon Camek swears never to return to small-town life. She's forced to face the aftermath of her family's sordid past when her younger sister, Olivia, is hospitalized. And Lennon wonders if someone is up to their old habits. Avenging her sister isn't easy. A traumatic childhood makes it difficult to separate fact from deception. And even if the truth behind their family's heinous acts are exposed, forgiveness can be cloaked in bitterness. Reunited again, after an event neither of them wishes to accept, can these sisters rebuild their relationship before disaster strikes again?
- GenresFiction
222 pages, Paperback
Published July 7, 2022
About the author
Roxanne Remy
2 books7 followersRoxanne is a nursing graduate from the University of Virginia who spent most of her career caring for critically ill patients. Her passion for writing started early in life thanks to her mother’s encouragement.
Today, she lives in the Southeastern US with her husband. They enjoy spending time with their three daughters and three dogs.
Today, she lives in the Southeastern US with her husband. They enjoy spending time with their three daughters and three dogs.
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May 25, 2024
*I’ve got this book from NetGalley in exchange of an honest review*
I'm sorry, but I just can't with this book. I really tried to like it, but 38% mark I’m still struggling.
It feels like I'm reading in a foreign to me language. Nothing makes sense. It’s just a blending of disjoynted sentences. It is unbelievable hard to follow the plot line. All. characters are flat and we don’t know much about them even at the 38 percent mark. We also get random descriptions of events that has no impact to the story or in general makes no sense.
I’m so confused with this book, did I miss something?
Do not recommend.
I'm sorry, but I just can't with this book. I really tried to like it, but 38% mark I’m still struggling.
It feels like I'm reading in a foreign to me language. Nothing makes sense. It’s just a blending of disjoynted sentences. It is unbelievable hard to follow the plot line. All. characters are flat and we don’t know much about them even at the 38 percent mark. We also get random descriptions of events that has no impact to the story or in general makes no sense.
I’m so confused with this book, did I miss something?
Do not recommend.
December 9, 2022
Following a family tragedy, nineteen-year-old Lennon Camek retreats to college in Boston. But the guilt of leaving her younger sister, Olivia, behind with their mother is ever-present, and when Olivia is admitted to the hospital, Lennon suspects she knows why. However, once back in South Alabama, things become a little more complicated…
I read Remy’s first novel, They Can’t Eat You For Supper in 2021 and was supremely interested given the huge twist at the end to see where she took Kristin and her daughters next.
They Didn’t Eat Me For Supper does not disappoint and, could, be read as a standalone novel. It grips and twists from the beginning with a strong, driving narrative that is confident in its direction and tightly wound in its plotting.
Chapters flick fairly rapidly between Lennon and Olivia’s perspectives, maintaining momentum and allowing the reader to see both points of view. Remy does a really convincing job presenting their individual voices, issues, and personalities both in terms of this novel and also continuing their characters’ arcs from They Can’t Eat You For Supper which is no mean feat as the sisters have come of age and matured in different directions.
Lennon is a complex, sometimes frustrating character who is fully aware of her shortcomings but blunders on regardless. Nonetheless, her heart and intentions are always heading toward the right place. There is an open intensity to her personality and raw, unfiltered honesty.
Olivia, by contrast, appears softer, more considered, and presents as the more mature sister for large parts of the book. Her internal monologues provide an intriguing contrast and occasional divergence from Lennon’s embittered reminiscences.
Indeed, the majority of They Didn’t Eat Me For Supper serves as a retrospective for the sisters. This allows events and backstories to be revisited both through dialogue and flashbacks. Their shared and separate memories give a much more rounded, objective view of their parents than before, especially Hutch.
Remy also focuses on the heavy emotional price both girls have paid and continue to pay for their parents’ decisions. It’s heavy, tangled stuff but reads compellingly and credibly.
All the core characters have elements of villain and hero in them and that lends the story unpredictability as the reader is never sure quite whom to trust and whose version of events is correct.
This is especially valid with Kristin’s mother, Rosalyn (“RaRa”). I found the sub-plot and revelation with her fascinating but wanted more, or possibly less. There was something a touch unsatisfactory about RaRa’s behavior although it does provide a decent answer to several questions.
Nonetheless, Remy skillfully builds the suspense with Kristin and Lennon’s meeting at the hospital. It’s nearly three-quarters through the plot and the reader is hovering between dread and welcome at the two coming face to face.
Indeed, this book slightly swings between genres to provide a stronger element of straightforward mystery amongst the family drama. The reader is given some curiously ambiguous hints that are in direct conflict with Lennon’s unshakeable belief that Olivia is being directly harmed which keeps the pages turning.
Olivia’s diabetes and the effect it has on her life and those around her is ever-present throughout the story but never overly detracts from it, although it is quite central.
Remy’s handling of the condition from a writerly aspect is excellent, the medical terminology and processes are effortlessly part of the narrative without becoming unrelatable or dense. When the real reason for her hospital stay is revealed it’s thoroughly believable, thought-provoking, and well-handled.
They Didn’t Eat Me For Supper is a smart, contemporary, and cleverly crafted novel written with passion and honesty that is extremely readable. Highly recommended.
I read Remy’s first novel, They Can’t Eat You For Supper in 2021 and was supremely interested given the huge twist at the end to see where she took Kristin and her daughters next.
They Didn’t Eat Me For Supper does not disappoint and, could, be read as a standalone novel. It grips and twists from the beginning with a strong, driving narrative that is confident in its direction and tightly wound in its plotting.
Chapters flick fairly rapidly between Lennon and Olivia’s perspectives, maintaining momentum and allowing the reader to see both points of view. Remy does a really convincing job presenting their individual voices, issues, and personalities both in terms of this novel and also continuing their characters’ arcs from They Can’t Eat You For Supper which is no mean feat as the sisters have come of age and matured in different directions.
Lennon is a complex, sometimes frustrating character who is fully aware of her shortcomings but blunders on regardless. Nonetheless, her heart and intentions are always heading toward the right place. There is an open intensity to her personality and raw, unfiltered honesty.
Olivia, by contrast, appears softer, more considered, and presents as the more mature sister for large parts of the book. Her internal monologues provide an intriguing contrast and occasional divergence from Lennon’s embittered reminiscences.
Indeed, the majority of They Didn’t Eat Me For Supper serves as a retrospective for the sisters. This allows events and backstories to be revisited both through dialogue and flashbacks. Their shared and separate memories give a much more rounded, objective view of their parents than before, especially Hutch.
Remy also focuses on the heavy emotional price both girls have paid and continue to pay for their parents’ decisions. It’s heavy, tangled stuff but reads compellingly and credibly.
All the core characters have elements of villain and hero in them and that lends the story unpredictability as the reader is never sure quite whom to trust and whose version of events is correct.
This is especially valid with Kristin’s mother, Rosalyn (“RaRa”). I found the sub-plot and revelation with her fascinating but wanted more, or possibly less. There was something a touch unsatisfactory about RaRa’s behavior although it does provide a decent answer to several questions.
Nonetheless, Remy skillfully builds the suspense with Kristin and Lennon’s meeting at the hospital. It’s nearly three-quarters through the plot and the reader is hovering between dread and welcome at the two coming face to face.
Indeed, this book slightly swings between genres to provide a stronger element of straightforward mystery amongst the family drama. The reader is given some curiously ambiguous hints that are in direct conflict with Lennon’s unshakeable belief that Olivia is being directly harmed which keeps the pages turning.
Olivia’s diabetes and the effect it has on her life and those around her is ever-present throughout the story but never overly detracts from it, although it is quite central.
Remy’s handling of the condition from a writerly aspect is excellent, the medical terminology and processes are effortlessly part of the narrative without becoming unrelatable or dense. When the real reason for her hospital stay is revealed it’s thoroughly believable, thought-provoking, and well-handled.
They Didn’t Eat Me For Supper is a smart, contemporary, and cleverly crafted novel written with passion and honesty that is extremely readable. Highly recommended.
October 29, 2023
This is a coming of age story and very enjoyable! I finished it in I e afternoon it was so good!
This book will keep u entertained from beginning until the end with heartwarming characters and a pretty cool plot. Add a bit of an interesting past and I was hooked from then on.
I liked Lennons' name. I thought it a bit unusual for a girl but different. I feel like I got to know her and her sister as I was reading this novel.
I like this new to me author and I'll have to check out her other book since I really enjoyed this one.
5 stars for some excellent writing and for bringing these characters to life. Honestly to me it felt like I was watching a Hallmark movie was how great it was.
I highly recommend this book!
My thanks for a copy of this book. I was NOT required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.
This book will keep u entertained from beginning until the end with heartwarming characters and a pretty cool plot. Add a bit of an interesting past and I was hooked from then on.
I liked Lennons' name. I thought it a bit unusual for a girl but different. I feel like I got to know her and her sister as I was reading this novel.
I like this new to me author and I'll have to check out her other book since I really enjoyed this one.
5 stars for some excellent writing and for bringing these characters to life. Honestly to me it felt like I was watching a Hallmark movie was how great it was.
I highly recommend this book!
My thanks for a copy of this book. I was NOT required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.
April 9, 2025
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book. I have chosen to write this honest review voluntarily and it reflects my personal opinion.
I haven't read the first book in this series, and readily admit I might feel differently about this sequel if I had. The first few pages provide a recap of Lennon's father's death so I didn't feel as though I missed much. The first 10% is filled with the journey to her hospitalised sister which Lennon has undertaken with her friend, Taylor, who identifies with them / they pronouns and the pages were full of this. I quickly tired as this point was laboured, especially when Taylor's mother met them at the hospital. I don't think it added anything to the story, in fact I found it distracting and unnecessary so I gave up reading at this point.
I haven't read the first book in this series, and readily admit I might feel differently about this sequel if I had. The first few pages provide a recap of Lennon's father's death so I didn't feel as though I missed much. The first 10% is filled with the journey to her hospitalised sister which Lennon has undertaken with her friend, Taylor, who identifies with them / they pronouns and the pages were full of this. I quickly tired as this point was laboured, especially when Taylor's mother met them at the hospital. I don't think it added anything to the story, in fact I found it distracting and unnecessary so I gave up reading at this point.
January 3, 2023
After reading They Can't Eat You for Supper, I was so happy this author brought out a sequel! She's fantastic at touching on the struggles people face in life and bringing them to light in a relatable way. I love her writing and I can completely immerse myself in the story. This sequel to the first book talked about the daughters' lives and how they were affected by the happenings of the first novel. The MC makes you empathize with her struggles, hoping she and her family will be okay. Definitely recommend this novel and you should read the first one before you pick it up for sure :D
October 25, 2023
I loved the main character in this book who was a little on the unreliable side. It kept things interesting. Such a great perspective. The characters' voices are relatable and deep. Highly recommend as a coming of age, fiction genre.
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