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Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
Maggie Haberman · 2022
🎙 Narrated by Maggie Haberman (author-narrated)
74/100
👍 Worth It
Haberman's decades of access pay off in real character-level insight rather than just headline-chasing, and Kirkus's take — a damning portrait built on genuine reporting — backs that up. It's unavoidably divisive subject matter and we couldn't independently confirm whether any of Trump's own quoted language gets blunt or informal, so know that going in; her own narration adds a nice layer of journalistic authenticity to the listen.
✦ 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: Politically divisive subject matter about a controversial public figure; specific language/content details could not be independently verified, so a content check is worth doing before recommending broadly to a faith/family audience.. We still scored it 74; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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🎙 Narration: good Author-narrated by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist — author narration typically adds authenticity to journalism-based nonfiction like this.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety62
Substance / usefulness85
Craft & writing80
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit60
Human-eye read78
Penny’s verdict74
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