Reviews for Two Island Light

The average rating for Two Island Light based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-03-12 00:00:00 Thomas Baker Angie Benedetto's Brooklyn neighborhood customs chafe her as much as her plaid-flannel Catholic school uniform. Angie dreams of flying airplanes, traveling to exotic places and finding a guy who doesn't think high-roll collars and a duck's ass hairstyle mark the height of sophistication. In 1977, Angie escapes the traditional world of a Brooklyn Italian girl to live her dreams. While working in Indonesia as a missionary pilot for her 'Uncle Anthony Volente', Angie reports the murder of Asmat natives. She becomes a tool for her 'Uncle's' plans to gain control of a gold mine and the quarry of mercenaries who protect the Vatican Bank's ownership of the same mine. Angie's only escape route from her Uncle's plans and the soldier's sent to kill her goes through a cannibal-infested swamp. The only man who can help her has been lost and presumed dead for half-a-dozen years. Smart-mouthed Angie must keep her independent spirit in check and contend with proper New Englander Charles Aldridge to escape from those people looking to use or kill her. Angie's 'Uncle Anthony' must contend with Angie's mother. The Missionary Position tells the story of an independent woman and her discovery that she can be more independent when she has some else she cares about. While Angie never discovers who's really behind the chain of events that brings her to this realization; that manipulator discovers too late that he, too, has been manipulated. Set on Indonesia's most exotic and primitive island, the novel weaves together real people and historical events in a plot too possible to discount. The Indonesian setting is drawn from my thirteen years in Indonesia traveling through the Baliem Valley's Dani villages and the Asmat Territory swamps of as well as Michael Rockefeller's book chronicling his travels in the 1970's.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-02-10 00:00:00 Jason Brooks I was given a copy of the Missionary Position By R.E Dinlocker for an honest review. I want to thank him for the request. This is defiantly not a light read. The Missionary Position is alive with a world of the past set in the Irian Jaya. We are introduced to so many different tribes an cultures you feel like you are there. Complete with Cannibals and Crocodiles. The novel seamlessly moves from the present to the past in most cases. Although, I'm still not sure what happened with the Church and the Bank. I'm not sure If I missed it or if it just wasn't really clear. I spent most of the Novel not quite sure what was going on and waiting for that "AH HA" moment, which didn't come until the end. When the plot lines did come to a close at the end it was a little forced and I would have enjoyed the novel more if I could have figured it out on the way instead being confused the entire trip. I also didn't really understand the entire Angie/Charles love story. The only reason I can see that they fell in love is because they were the only two non natives around. Overall the book was enjoyable, I learned about Tribes and Customs I knew nothing about and way too much about cannibalism.....Sara