I can honestly say I did not find this book enjoyable, but it was written in the most amazing format and the author has an amazing talent.

This book was very well written, and if I had to base my ratings on how well the book was written, it would be 10 out of 5. When I was reading the book, the descriptions were magical and took me away to another world, and I could not believe the amount of detail one person could put into one single page. I was taken away into another world and I truly enjoyed the form of description. I rarely find authors these days with this amount of talent.

But, the book was not a topic I was fond of. I picked up the book and decided to enter for the contest on Goodreads to get it because it sounded like an amazing topic to learn about, but it ended up being too boring of a topic for me.

While the book was well written, I found it very hard to follow the story or know what was going on. In the first 100 pages, I found myself even wondering what the book was about anymore. This book felt more along the lines of a book I would be forced to read in High School with explanations by the teacher of what was actually going on, since I couldn't follow it.

I give it one star out of five, mainly because I was to bored to continue reading it. It was a forced read and I was bored out of my mind trying to finish it.

The book did give powerful messages and themes, and anybody who likes books that have powerful themes and messages and like books following true events but are in a fictional universe would love this book! It was just not for me.

I still cannot praise the author enough for his talent, but the book wasn't for me!!

Amazing book, not my type of read, sadly.

My book was an uncorrected advance proof (which I adore these types of books, so I was very honored to receive an advanced copy).

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. ( )

What can you say about this book? Well, it is a stunning novel, brilliantly written, not easy on the reader, but no matter. I highly recommend it. ( )

Eine kurze Geschichte ist dieser dicke Schinken wahrlich nicht und es sind auch nicht nur sieben Morde, die geschehen. Vielleicht zielt der Titel auf sieben der acht Männer ab, die 1976 in Bob Marleys Haus eindringen um ihn zu töten, denn sieben von ihnen sterben im Lauf des Buches. Als der letzte von ihnen 1991 im Gefängnis stirbt, endet das Buch.
Insgesamt ist diese Jamaica-Geschichte aus vielen Perspektiven erzählt und man tut gut daran, sich einzuprägen, wer wer ist und zu welcher Seite gehört. Jamaica in diesem Buch ist korrupt, brutal, Menschen sind Freiwild, haben eigentlich keine Chance. Es gibt zwei politische Parteien, die konservative Jamaican Labour JLP und die People's National PNP, die sich 1976 im Wahlkampf befinden. Bob Marley plant auf Initiative der sozialdemokratischen PNP ein Friedenskonzert. Zwei Tage vorher findet das beschriebene Attentat statt, das Marley aber überlebt, so dass er dennoch auftreten kann.
Das Buch ist anstrengend zu lesen, aufgrund der oft gelobten, aber recht wilden Sprache und auch aufgrund der brutalen, sehr selten positiven Ereignisse. Und lang ist es auch. ( )

This book isn't one of the usual genres that I tend to read, but I did quite enjoy it. Wikipedia was my friend since I didn't know anything about Jamaica's political parties, rastas, or Bob Marley even. ( )

Interesting. Something of a slog at times. ( )