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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take

Have a New You by Friday

Dr. Kevin Leman Β· 2010
68/100
πŸ‘Ž Skip It

Leman's five-day framework is genuinely clever in structure, and grounding personality exploration in Adlerian psychology, birth order, and love languages gives readers real tools rather than empty cheerleading. For readers already familiar with Leman's other books or with these frameworks, there's little new here β€” but for someone encountering these ideas for the first time in a Christian context, it's an accessible entry point. The explicitly Christian framing makes it a strong fit for faith-family readers and a non-starter for those outside that tradition.

✦ Penny’s Take β€” 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 β€” not a page-by-page personal one. The gold βœ“ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note β€” our reviewers flagged: Explicitly Christian worldview β€” secular or non-Christian readers should be aware this is faith-integrated content. We still scored it 68; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety95
Substance / usefulness65
Craft & writing70
Originality55
Evidence & accuracy72
Hype vs delivers68
Age-fit85
πŸ‘ Human-eye gut-check65
Penny’s verdict68
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