Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Timeless Values
Helen Exley · 2002
62/100
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Helen Exley has a reliable formula for gift books, and this one pairs fine-art reproductions with curated quotes on virtue and integrity in a handsome small hardback that makes a perfectly pleasant present. The content is all curation, though — no original ideas, no connective argument, just brief quotes strung together — so as a reading experience it is more decorative than substantive. A safe gift, but not a book that will change how anyone thinks.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance42
craft58
originality35
accuracy70
hype55
age-fit75
human-eye60
Penny’s verdict62
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