Review of Man Mission
-
Nicole Scremin
- Posts: 7
- Joined: 04 Sep 2023, 19:48
- Currently Reading:
- Bookshelf Size: 13
- Reviewer Page: onlinebookclub.org/reviews/by-nicole-scremin.html
- Latest Review: Niching Up by Chris Dreyer
Review of Man Mission
[Following is a volunteer review of "Man Mission" by Eytan Uliel.]
I was a little trepidatious when I first started reading Man Misson: Four Men, Fifteen Years, One Epic Journey, by Eytan Uliel. I figured it would be an interesting read, but did not have high expectations of it being a page-turner that I did not want to put down. I was pleasantly surprised that I was mistaken. Right away, the narrative and the main characters sucked me in.
As a female reader, I, in fact, thoroughly enjoyed reading these epic adventures that the men in the book took every year for fifteen years. Narrated by the author, the book starts with the main character at university when he meets Sam, and they quickly discover a common love of eating weird food and a love for travel and adventure. Fast forward a few years as both men have entered the real world and working their way up the corporate ladder from the bottom rung. Sam calls Eytan and revisits the crazy idea of the two of them actually going on a vacation filled with adventure and weird, bizarre food to try.
The first trip with the two of them ends up with one of them being injured and getting a ride out of the mountains by a group of unexpectedly nice drug dealers. As they ultimately find out they were unbelievably unprepared for such an adventure in all aspects, from lack of supplies to not being as physically fit as was needed for such a trip. Later on, two of Eytan's best friends start joining in the adventures and the reader is taken on hysterical, sometimes cringe-worthy adventures through fifteen different locations with all kinds of hiccups and unforeseen circumstances throughout each trip, for example, the bank of vending machines in the middle of nowhere they stumble upon in Japan which contain everything from hamburgers and french fries to condoms and other nefarious items.
While each trip in and of itself was fun to read about and laugh at the mishaps these men found themselves in, the most interesting part to me was how the author included throughout each chapter the serious moments in their lives outside of the trips and how they handled these life events and how they grew from them. From proposals to marriages and kids, cancer, death, and divorce, the author shows the reader how these 'man missions' of traveling around the world each year with best friends ultimately and unknowingly lead to a mission of becoming better men.
I enthusiastically rate this book as 5 out of 5 for the author's ability to weave a story out of his adventures throughout life as well as his ups and downs in life and growing and becoming a better man.
******
Man Mission
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes
I was a little trepidatious when I first started reading Man Misson: Four Men, Fifteen Years, One Epic Journey, by Eytan Uliel. I figured it would be an interesting read, but did not have high expectations of it being a page-turner that I did not want to put down. I was pleasantly surprised that I was mistaken. Right away, the narrative and the main characters sucked me in.
As a female reader, I, in fact, thoroughly enjoyed reading these epic adventures that the men in the book took every year for fifteen years. Narrated by the author, the book starts with the main character at university when he meets Sam, and they quickly discover a common love of eating weird food and a love for travel and adventure. Fast forward a few years as both men have entered the real world and working their way up the corporate ladder from the bottom rung. Sam calls Eytan and revisits the crazy idea of the two of them actually going on a vacation filled with adventure and weird, bizarre food to try.
The first trip with the two of them ends up with one of them being injured and getting a ride out of the mountains by a group of unexpectedly nice drug dealers. As they ultimately find out they were unbelievably unprepared for such an adventure in all aspects, from lack of supplies to not being as physically fit as was needed for such a trip. Later on, two of Eytan's best friends start joining in the adventures and the reader is taken on hysterical, sometimes cringe-worthy adventures through fifteen different locations with all kinds of hiccups and unforeseen circumstances throughout each trip, for example, the bank of vending machines in the middle of nowhere they stumble upon in Japan which contain everything from hamburgers and french fries to condoms and other nefarious items.
While each trip in and of itself was fun to read about and laugh at the mishaps these men found themselves in, the most interesting part to me was how the author included throughout each chapter the serious moments in their lives outside of the trips and how they handled these life events and how they grew from them. From proposals to marriages and kids, cancer, death, and divorce, the author shows the reader how these 'man missions' of traveling around the world each year with best friends ultimately and unknowingly lead to a mission of becoming better men.
I enthusiastically rate this book as 5 out of 5 for the author's ability to weave a story out of his adventures throughout life as well as his ups and downs in life and growing and becoming a better man.
******
Man Mission
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes
Latest Review: Niching Up by Chris Dreyer
