This is a story being told in the present tense and not "lived" in a sense that makes me care a damn for the characters. I find the dialog unrealistic especially the main character's. The few Irish Gaelic words seem like boastful decorations by the author. The voyage from Ireland to Barbados is a non-event. The fact that a large % of the indentured servants died on passage has been ignored. The research is dubious (most of the indentured servants were dispossessed landowners not peasants). Half way through and very disappointing. I'm going to finish it for research purposes but so far it holds nothing that can't be found by a cursory search through my local library.