Series ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Twice As Hard: Navigating Black Stereotypes and Creating Space for Success
Raphael Sofoluke & Opeyemi Sofoluke · 2021
🎙 Narrated by Opeyemi Sofoluke, Raphael Sofoluke, Brenda Iyalla, and Victor Oshin (per Audible/DK Audio listing)
76/100
👍 Worth It
This is a sharp, practical career book blending the Sofoluke siblings' own hard-won business experience with more than 40 interviews from successful Black professionals — real strategy, not just theory, for navigating bias in majority-white workplaces. Reviewers call it thoughtful and eye-opening, and the dossier backs that up. The multi-narrator audio, including both authors, is a nice touch for the personal sections, though note this is a business/career listen for adults, not family or kids' content.
✦ 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 safety85
Substance / usefulness80
Craft & writing76
Originality68
Evidence & accuracy72
Hype vs delivers62
Age-fit50
Human-eye read80
Penny’s verdict76
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