Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Grit
Angela Duckworth · 2016
🎙 Narrated by Angela Duckworth (author-narrated)
72/100
👍 Worth It
Duckworth makes a real case that grit — sticking with hard things — beats raw talent, and she backs it with genuine research and vivid stories from West Point cadets to spelling-bee kids. Critics are right that grit overlaps a lot with plain old conscientiousness and that it can undersell real obstacles people face, but there's enough substance here to be worth your time, and Duckworth narrating her own book in that enthusiastic TED-talk voice makes the listen even better.
✦ 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.
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🎙 Narration: good Author-narrated in a warm, conversational, TED-talk style that suits the material.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness70
Craft & writing76
Originality55
Evidence & accuracy62
Hype vs delivers65
Age-fit82
Human-eye read76
Penny’s verdict72
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