Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Living to 100
Thomas T. Perls · 1999
78/100
👍 Worth It
Drawn directly from the New England Centenarian Study, this is one of the early popular-science books to bring serious longitudinal aging research to general readers, and it holds up well as a foundational text. The longevity questionnaire gives it personal stakes most health books lack. Some findings have been refined by newer research, but the core science and the accessible storytelling remain genuinely solid.
✦ 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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Verdict receipt0–100
safety90
substance80
craft76
originality75
accuracy74
hype72
age-fit80
human-eye78
Penny’s verdict78
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