Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Make Fun a Habit
Mike Brennan · 2023
60/100
👎 Skip It
The premise is real — adults genuinely abandon play, and structured re-engagement with creativity can help — but the field is crowded and this 2023 workbook does not clearly differentiate itself from similar titles. The personal adversity grounding gives it some authentic weight, and the structured exercises are the strongest feature. Limited independent critical reception means confidence is only medium, and it is hard to recommend over better-verified titles in the creativity and burnout space.
✦ 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
Faith & family safety78
Substance / usefulness63
Craft & writing66
Originality54
Evidence & accuracy65
Hype vs delivers62
Age-fit62
👁 Human-eye gut-check58
Penny’s verdict60
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