Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
The Gratitude Effect
John F. Demartini · 2008
🎙 Narrated by Erik Synnestvedt
50/100
👎 Skip It
Demartini's own story of overcoming dyslexia and homelessness is compelling, and the 'balance in every situation' framework is distinctive, but readers have flagged this as feeling like an infomercial for his paid programs. Faith-sensitive listeners should also know Demartini's Law-of-Attraction/'Secret'-adjacent framing sits outside traditional religious gratitude teaching; the narration itself, by Erik Synnestvedt, is competent and professional.
✦ 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.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Author's New Age/Law of Attraction framing ('The Secret') may not suit faith-specific audiences seeking traditionally religious gratitude teaching.. We still scored it 50; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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🎙 Narration: good Erik Synnestvedt delivers standard, professional unabridged narration for Ascent Audio/Gildan Audio.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety60
Substance / usefulness55
Craft & writing60
Originality60
Evidence & accuracy45
Hype vs delivers35
Age-fit65
Human-eye read45
Penny’s verdict50
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