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I wasn't sure what to think when I first received this book, I'm not into biographies and I wasn't sure what the tone of this one would be. The writing in this book is so descriptive, it really makes it so you can picture what he's talking about, this helped me more engrossed in the book.
It starts out with the author talking about his high school years and about what it's like falling in love as a teenager, the heart ache and the insecurities that comes with just being a teenager.
He then gets into his experience as a doctor, this wasn't a direction I was expecting. He put in all the years for the schooling, hard and determination that you know goes along with becoming a doctor. This outcome was not what I expected. His internal struggle and thoughts about his patients were really disturbing to read. For someone that has a lot of medical problems I'm not sure I ever wanted to know what a doctor is thinking when they are sitting across from you. He does manage to redeem himself in my eyes when he gets into how he felt about writing the living will's and death certificates.
After this we are at the point where he is leaving the USA to live in Argentina. There's stuff about that brings you back to his teenage years but what really got me was His over all spiritual conversion is at the climax of the book. That part was awesome, and described beautifully. It's a great story and would also be good for helping people struggling with an addiction.
I did really enjoy his particular writing style it's graphic, intense, kind of in your face. He forces you to see his world with the words he's chosen to paint with and it's descriptive, gritty and sometimes raw. Over all I very much liked this book which I wasn't expecting at all. Here's an expert that I liked from the book.

"It is approaching autumn again. The summer warmth still drips from brilliant blue skies, and whispers of a chilled breeze brush mild evenings. The January humidity graciously melts away into cool winter air."
Chough, Vincent H (2011-12-19). Brave Fish: Identity, Love, Faith

This was a free book given to me by the author for a fair review. Thanks for the great read :)


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Brave Fish Identity Love Faith Vincent H Chough 9781467930734 Books Reviews

This book is utterly exceptional and inspirational with much profound wisdom and takeaways. The author truly bares his soul. His honesty, sincerity, and convictions come alive through amazing narrative.

The author is a brave man. Regardless of one's absolute faith in God, it takes monumental courage for a mortal man to take a risk like the author did. Highly recommended!
Brave Fish Identity, Love, Faith
by Vincent H. Chough

This was a gift from the Author

Without giving to much away about the book, This is a journey of growing up, addiction and the authors personal revelations about his life.

I have to say that I was touched by this book. Vincent is honest and open about his trials that led him on his new found path. I greatly appreciate his honesty. This book is a testiment to what God can do in someone's life. I read this book in one sitting. It was hard to put down.
I bought this book over a year ago, got about 20% of the way through it and didn't pick it back up until last week. The second time around it captured my interest and I finished it in 2 days.

In the interest of full disclosure, I wanted to read this book because I met the author once through a mutual friend, knew quite a few superficial details about him and his family through our mutual friend, and was frankly shocked and intrigued at their brave decision to leave a lucrative medical practice and move their family to Argentina.

This book was painful at times to read, as I'm sure it was also painful to write. The portions that discussed his high school years often read as if he was actually in high school when writing them, as opposed to his adult self writing about his childhood. This was honestly difficult to read at times. I hadn't really signed up for teenage boy angst when I bought this book. Those sections, however, were fully eclipsed by the brutal honesty of the later (in time) sections of the book. I certainly didn't always like Vince as I read this book, and sometimes I was downright shocked by his admissions. Having met the man about a decade ago, I certainly would not have guessed any of the sordid details of his life. As he makes clear in the book, he hid the more unsavory parts of his life well. Nonetheless, I couldn't help but admire him as I read this book. To bare one's soul so completely in a public manner takes guts, but reading it also makes one question their own life choices and face their own demons. I don't think this is what Vince was necessarily shooting for when he wrote this book, but few young affluent professional could read this and fail to ponder their own life choices.

The major disappointment I had in this book is that it is so very self centered. That is the nature of an autobiographical novel, I suppose. Unlike a fictional work, we heard very little about the other people in the main character's life (i.e., the author's life). Perhaps this was intentional, as a way to protect those he loves. I can appreciate that, but it did leave the story feeling a bit one dimensional at times.

As a word of warning, this book is unexpectedly religious in nature. To anyone who is absolutely not religious, it will likely come across as over the top or even preachy. I did not find it to be either. The religious element is full of honesty and self examination, but is not directed outward at the reader in a judgmental manner at all.

In sum -- this book is a documentary of soul searching by an admittedly privileged young man. If you can handle the intense angst, I definitely recommend it.
I downloaded this book when it was offered as a free book at the beginning of the year.

The style the book is written in kind of intrigued me. I think, though, that the first half of the book could have been condensed down to a few chapters and the next quarter of the book to another couple of chapters. The author has an interesting story to tell about his life, but he's very verbose doing it. He should have concentrated more on the turning points in his life and how he was influenced by God's Word and led by God during those times. It sometimes seems the writing is too verbose and poetic where some important insight would have been much clearer expressed in more simple, straightforward language. I did enjoy the author's honesty about all those things going on in his life, though.
I wasn't sure what to think when I first received this book, I'm not into biographies and I wasn't sure what the tone of this one would be. The writing in this book is so descriptive, it really makes it so you can picture what he's talking about, this helped me more engrossed in the book.
It starts out with the author talking about his high school years and about what it's like falling in love as a teenager, the heart ache and the insecurities that comes with just being a teenager.
He then gets into his experience as a doctor, this wasn't a direction I was expecting. He put in all the years for the schooling, hard and determination that you know goes along with becoming a doctor. This outcome was not what I expected. His internal struggle and thoughts about his patients were really disturbing to read. For someone that has a lot of medical problems I'm not sure I ever wanted to know what a doctor is thinking when they are sitting across from you. He does manage to redeem himself in my eyes when he gets into how he felt about writing the living will's and death certificates.
After this we are at the point where he is leaving the USA to live in Argentina. There's stuff about that brings you back to his teenage years but what really got me was His over all spiritual conversion is at the climax of the book. That part was awesome, and described beautifully. It's a great story and would also be good for helping people struggling with an addiction.
I did really enjoy his particular writing style it's graphic, intense, kind of in your face. He forces you to see his world with the words he's chosen to paint with and it's descriptive, gritty and sometimes raw. Over all I very much liked this book which I wasn't expecting at all. Here's an expert that I liked from the book.

"It is approaching autumn again. The summer warmth still drips from brilliant blue skies, and whispers of a chilled breeze brush mild evenings. The January humidity graciously melts away into cool winter air."
Chough, Vincent H (2011-12-19). Brave Fish Identity, Love, Faith

This was a free book given to me by the author for a fair review. Thanks for the great read )