“Gut Check is destined to become a classic! . . . Chapter 11 offers some of the most powerful insights on manhood that I have ever read." - JEFF FIELD, The Catholic League

“A Modern-Day classic. Masterful! Gut Check is the perfect title for this important book, as it is a distinctly modern term appropriated to indicate the fortitude it takes to live out one’s faith in today’s world. There are some who think religion is not for men; Tarek Saab knows better." - JOHN MOOREHOUSE, National
Catholic Register

“Tarek is a good friend and a great writer. This book is a powerful antidote to a culture’s pathetic lack of true manhood." - ALEX & BRETT HARRIS, Best-selling authors, Do Hard Things

“That I finished this book in two afternoons is a testimony to its engagement of the reader, and the ease with which even a non-bookworm type can approach it. Saab’s breadth of academic experience and personal reading provide an entertaining narrative filled with pop culture references, sports trivia, and an abundance of quotes from patristic and literary sources. [It is] rich in depth and variety in the narrative. I've said that this is really a book for “guys.” Personally, I view this as a great endorsement for Gut Check and a compliment to its author. Men admittedly are a hard audience to reach with the printed word outside a sports bracket. But Saab is a man’s man. This is a particularly worthwhile book for the modern guy!" - JOE GRABOWSKI, American Chesterton Society

“I can’t recommend highly enough! I started off reading the book from the vantage point of a mother of two sons, hoping that my study of Tarek's journey to manhood might shed a glimmer of light on the precarious path of parenting my boys into men in today's world. But in the process, I found myself truly connecting with the book not only from that perspective, but also more completely as a spiritual seeker. Tarek Saab's sharing of his own conversion journey has truly touched my life." - LISA HENDEY, CatholicMom.com

“Gut Check” is an engaging spiritual autobiography of a young, ambitious man in his 20s. And while Saab’s writing style propels the reader quite easily through the book’s nearly 200 pages, it’s his exemplifying a type of modern man that makes “Gut Check” an engrossing study.”- THE CATHOLIC SUN

“It’s a masterfully written and inspiring account of one man’s confrontation with love, work and manhood on the difficult - but joyful - climb toward sainthood.” - MATT WARNER, Fallible Blogma

“Saab writes in a forthright manner. I found this to be a quite enjoyable read. Tarek is a good writer who writes about himself while making his story relatable to others.”- JEFF MILLER, Catholic Media Review

"Gleeful camp likely to tickle anyone from Gen X, Y, or Z." -Mercatornet.com