Review of Man Mission

[DachoEmily]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Man Mission" by Eytan Uliel.]

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5 out of 5 stars

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Marriage and work could be two heavy loads on a man's shoulders. Perhaps that's the primary theme to be arrived at after reading Eytan Uliel’s novel Man Mission, in which the narrator and his friends are on a world exploration spree, going from one city to another, eating exotic foods, seeing wild animals, and meeting people of various cultures.

The idea is hatched at a food fair earlier in the book, and a few months later, the narrator and Sam are on a plane bound for New Zealand. It doesn't go well for the narrator in New Zealand, as he hurts his leg and later encounters a group of armed men, whom at first he thinks are drug dealers or worse. Later, Daniel and Alec join the group.

Eytan Uliel also addresses what’s going on in most marriages, using the narrator’s relationship with his wife. Here, there’s a ticking time bomb that is definitely going to go off at some point given the narrator’s frequent absence from home. Here, the readers get to see a marriage that starts off well, but right in the middle of it, cracks emerge because the parties involved don’t communicate their problems to each other properly.

One thing I like about Eytan Uliel’s book is his use of simple, imagery-filled language with which he exposes the good and bad in his characters, especially the narrator, who comes out as very vulnerable towards his wife. Eytan Uliel injects humor into the pages as well. In one scene, a mechanic takes a hammer to a bike's pedal to demonstrate that his service is above reproach and that even a hammer can not destroy what he has just welded. Because of the language barrier, the bike owner has no idea what is going on and is only staring, fearful that the hammer will fall on him next.

Aside from the fact that the book focuses on men, especially married men, and leaves the wives in the background, there is nothing negative or in desperate need of review by the author.

On whether the book deserves praise and higher ratings, I say yes to both. Furthermore, I give the book five out of five stars because I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, found no errors, and declared it to be exceptionally edited.

Last but not least, Man Mission contains a lot of profanity, marital squabbles, and sexual innuendos. As a result, it is best suited to adult readers only, particularly those who enjoy traveling to places such as Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, Peru, Hawaii, and many others.

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Man Mission
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