Review of Man Mission
Posted: 27 Mar 2023, 06:47
[Following is a volunteer review of "Man Mission" by Eytan Uliel.]
Man Mission: Four Men, Fifteen Years, One Epic Journey by Eytan Uliel is about four friends who start a tradition in which they go on a week-long trip every year filled with adventures. They go kayaking, trekking, cycling, and even ice climbing. They call these trips ‘Man Missions’. Each year they try to increase the difficulty of their Man Mission and throughout it all, we get to see how their lives have changed over the past year. We see their lives over the course of fifteen years. We see them grow up from being university graduates just entering the real world to fathers that have been through a lot. Through its superb storytelling, it is a fun yet thought-provoking book.
Man Mission is one book that I know I will never forget. It was a great story and well-written. What I loved the most about the book was the format it was written in. Each chapter starts with a very out-of-context incident from the Man Mission. From there, it traces back to how it all started. And throughout the chapter, we read about how the current trip is going along with what happened in the past year since the previous Man Mission. There are no choppy transitions between the past and the present. The story flows together seamlessly. And at the end of each chapter, we see a few statistics about the Man Mission. It made the whole book seem more fun.
This book shows the realities of being an adult. It shows how no one is ever ready to become an adult, but in the end, we all need to grow up. We can’t forever run away and need to face our mistakes. The Man Missions were a way for the four men to take a break from their mundane lives. A week of them feeling young and carefree again every year. But we see that no matter how happy or carefree they are, there was still a certain burden on their shoulders.
The book deals with stigmas men face, about how they need to be reliable financially and otherwise for their families. They are taught that men who cry or talk about their feelings are weak. It’s a book to which I feel many men will relate, and it will help them see that they’re not alone. There are also many moments where women will roll their eyes and think, "Men will be men’.
I rate this book 5 out of 5. This was a light-hearted book that managed to deal with some strong themes about men and how society views them without losing the lightness of the novel. It was very well-written and well-edited.
I recommend this book to all adults, as it’ll be more relatable to them. I especially recommend it to men, and even more so to those who feel as if they’re in a loop trying to keep up the facade of having everything under control. This book gives a certain comfort in knowing that you’re not alone.
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Man Mission
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes
Man Mission: Four Men, Fifteen Years, One Epic Journey by Eytan Uliel is about four friends who start a tradition in which they go on a week-long trip every year filled with adventures. They go kayaking, trekking, cycling, and even ice climbing. They call these trips ‘Man Missions’. Each year they try to increase the difficulty of their Man Mission and throughout it all, we get to see how their lives have changed over the past year. We see their lives over the course of fifteen years. We see them grow up from being university graduates just entering the real world to fathers that have been through a lot. Through its superb storytelling, it is a fun yet thought-provoking book.
Man Mission is one book that I know I will never forget. It was a great story and well-written. What I loved the most about the book was the format it was written in. Each chapter starts with a very out-of-context incident from the Man Mission. From there, it traces back to how it all started. And throughout the chapter, we read about how the current trip is going along with what happened in the past year since the previous Man Mission. There are no choppy transitions between the past and the present. The story flows together seamlessly. And at the end of each chapter, we see a few statistics about the Man Mission. It made the whole book seem more fun.
This book shows the realities of being an adult. It shows how no one is ever ready to become an adult, but in the end, we all need to grow up. We can’t forever run away and need to face our mistakes. The Man Missions were a way for the four men to take a break from their mundane lives. A week of them feeling young and carefree again every year. But we see that no matter how happy or carefree they are, there was still a certain burden on their shoulders.
The book deals with stigmas men face, about how they need to be reliable financially and otherwise for their families. They are taught that men who cry or talk about their feelings are weak. It’s a book to which I feel many men will relate, and it will help them see that they’re not alone. There are also many moments where women will roll their eyes and think, "Men will be men’.
I rate this book 5 out of 5. This was a light-hearted book that managed to deal with some strong themes about men and how society views them without losing the lightness of the novel. It was very well-written and well-edited.
I recommend this book to all adults, as it’ll be more relatable to them. I especially recommend it to men, and even more so to those who feel as if they’re in a loop trying to keep up the facade of having everything under control. This book gives a certain comfort in knowing that you’re not alone.
******
Man Mission
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes