avidreaderandgeekgirl 's review for:

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley

3.5

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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  I HATED Frankie, performative paganism bugs the hell out of me! Not that the whole Birds legend was great, but at least that was to keep people from committing serious crimes, not to make money. The entire new age pseudo-paganism is BS, in my opinion. I found Frankie so irritating I was raging aloud about her while listening to the book! 

   That being said, since she was the villain, I assume that's how you were supposed to feel about her. Some other characters weren't so much loveable as at least sympathetic. 

    I did enjoy the twists and turns, it wasn't a super predictable book. Just very aggravating, about injustice, sexism, classism, etc. Which I assume was part of the message of the book. Rich people can get away with literal murder. 

Narrators' Rating: 5.0 stars

  The full cast did an amazing job on the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment

The animal who died was a bull, so not a dog or pet of any kind.