Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
But I Love Him
Jill Murray · 2009
74/100
👍 Worth It
Dr. Jill Murray draws on real clinical and shelter experience to give parents a practical, empathetic guide to recognizing teen dating abuse before it escalates — the real-world examples are grounding and the HarperCollins backing signals professional credibility. The framing leans toward parents of daughters, which limits its reach slightly, and some cultural references have aged, but the core clinical content holds up. A genuinely useful resource for any parent, counselor, or social worker navigating this difficult terrain.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Teen dating abuse content · Parent/adult resource only · Mature subject matter. We still scored it 74; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety75
Substance / usefulness76
Craft & writing72
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy75
Hype vs delivers68
Age-fit79
👁 Human-eye gut-check74
Penny’s verdict74
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