A review by jresendez610
Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham

2.0

Unfortunately I found this book to be extremely slow and boring. I kept hoping it would pick up, but it never did and I had to force myself not to skim. There was good character development of the MC, but the plot and storyline were just not good. Fiona was so all over the place that I never understood what she was doing or why she was investigating certain people. Then I'd even forget the main plot mystery! Once she finally came around to mentioning the case I would think, "oh yeaahhh! I forgot we don't know who killed them yet." And not only would I forget, but I stopped caring. I had zero feelings towards the outcome and the resolution of the case. I also think that if her illness had been explained at the beginning, it wouldn't have been as hard to empathize with her. I knew something was wrong with her, she hinted at it a million times, but it was never explained (until the next to last chapter), and so through the whole book I just didn't get her character. I knew her actions had to do with whatever illness she had, but again, I stopped caring and just thought she was strange and gave up on ever finding out why. When it was finally explained, it was anticlimactic. On a small good note, I did enjoy the very last chapter and thought that it made sense to who she is.