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aceofknaves88's review
5.0
What a fantastic memoir. I am a Lamb of God fan and knew that the story this book tells had taken place, but had never known all the details. Randy recounts the events surrounding his arrest, imprisonment and trial for manslaughter in the Czech Republic in a way that is humble, often humorous and deeply moving.
If you like memoirs but aren't a heavy metal fan, I would still recommend you give this a read.
If you like memoirs but aren't a heavy metal fan, I would still recommend you give this a read.
anxienati's review
challenging
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
melsbookshelves03's review
5.0
In order to keep this review at a relatively short length and keep it from being an absolute gush fest, I will point out highlights that really grabbed me from this book and try to keep my thoughts cohesive. This will be a book I recommend to people for a long time whether they are aware of lamb of god, Randy Blythe, metal music, or none of it. In terms of prose, I found Blythe to be very natural, intelligent, and well-spoken. I found myself laughing at his light hearted nature as he experienced some of the most confusing and downright terrifying moments of his life. I found myself crying at the sad bits as well as the inspirational ones. In terms of story telling, I think Blythe does a great job at keeping the story on track even with side chapters, paragraphs, or few pages about sobriety or other personal tales. Never did I feel like he was rambling or writing about things that didn't necessarily need to be in the book. I've read plenty of music memoir books where the entire book turns into one preachy bible about sobriety or god or what have you and I am glad to say this is the opposite of that. Blythe is true to himself as he writes this tell all novel and reading it made my proud to be not only a fan of his band but a fan of him as a person. Again, I highly recommend this book to anyone and you don't need to know a single thing about lamb of god or Blythe before picking it up because by the end you'll know exactly the kind of man Blythe is. I wish this book was on audio for me to experience again and I do hope he writes more books in the future!
eenayde's review
2.0
Interesting topic but it went on far too long. Also, he's not a very good writer. Please stop rambling.
muninn972's review
4.0
I remember first hearing about Randy being arrested and could not believe it. As someone who has been to metal/punk shows I am very familiar with stage diving and pits. For a band or a specific member to be changed with murder was ridiculous. Everyone who decides to do either takes what physical damage comes with it. I have personally seen too many people not get caught to stage dive. Loved the pit until one too many guys decided it was ok to grab any part of my person (hope you liked those elbows to whatever body part they landed).
Reading this helped to see the craziness that went along with this. The ordeal in prison and not being able to understand the language had to be both frustrating and terrifying. The support of fellow musicians and the fans was great and heartwarming. I feel horrible for Daniel’s family and their loss. I am also glad that the situation did not extend to a loss for the Blythe family as well.
Reading this helped to see the craziness that went along with this. The ordeal in prison and not being able to understand the language had to be both frustrating and terrifying. The support of fellow musicians and the fans was great and heartwarming. I feel horrible for Daniel’s family and their loss. I am also glad that the situation did not extend to a loss for the Blythe family as well.
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