Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Loving an Imperfect Man
Ellen Sue Stern · 1998
65/100
👎 Skip It
The core idea here is genuinely smart: stop trying to fix him and focus on yourself instead. But the execution stays firmly inside the conventions of 1990s self-help, and the heterosexual-only framing shuts out a big chunk of readers who could use the same advice. Warm and workable if you fit the target audience precisely, but the crowded shelf has since caught up.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety75
Substance / usefulness68
Craft & writing65
Originality62
Evidence & accuracy70
Hype vs delivers65
Age-fit62
👁 Human-eye gut-check63
Penny’s verdict65
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