The Taken: A twisted, gripping crime thriller - not for the faint-hearted
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Most Trusted Reviews
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Overlapping Review History: reviewed 2 of 9 top products
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.5)
Least Trusted Reviews
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Created on a high volume day
- Overrepresented word count (25 words)
- Contains repetitive phrases (show)
- Overrepresented Participation (posted 5 Reviews)
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.2)
Analysis Details
4.6 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
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- 42%
- Have an overrepresented word count
In the graph above, we can see the distribution of review word counts for this product and the expected distribution for this category. We see the following 2 groups with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 170 reviews (or 42%) are within an overrepresented word count group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 4.8, while all other reviews have rated this product an average of 4.6. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
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144 of the 402 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.9 while reviews without substantial repetitive phrases rated this product an average of 4.5. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
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- 30%
- Created over 21 days
We counted 402 reviews for this product over the span of 1,606 days, an average of 0.3 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 3 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 21 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 120 reviews were created on just 21 days. This is an excessively high number of reviews submitted on these high volume days.
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- 78%
- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
We see the following 3 participation groups with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 312 reviewers (or 78%) are within an overrepresented participation group. This is an excessively high number of reviewers in overrepresented participation groups.
56 of the 402 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Unverified purchases may be the result of Kindle Unlimited readers, buyers who didn't pay full price, or reviewers who did not purchase the product at Amazon. Read more about our Unverified Purchases test.
One-Hit Wonders
10 of the 402 reviewers have only reviewed this product. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Never-Verified Reviewers
17 of the 402 reviewers have never written a verified purchase review. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Take-Back Reviewers
60 of the 402 reviewers have had at least one of their past reviews for another product deleted. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Single-Day Reviewers
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9% also reviewed:
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8% also reviewed:
The Girls Next Door: A gripping,... by Mel Sherratt
7% also reviewed:
Play Dead: A gripping serial killer thriller... by Angela Marsons
7% also reviewed:
The Wronged: No parent should ever have to bury... by Kimberley Chambers
7% also reviewed:
Hush Hush: From the million-copy bestseller comes... by Sherratt, Mel
6% also reviewed:
Only the Innocent by Rachel Abbott
6% also reviewed:
Payback by Kimberley Chambers
127 of the 402 reviewers have substantial overlapping product review history. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Brand Repeaters
15 of the 402 reviewers have reviewed other products for this brand. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
9 of the 402 total reviews for this product admitted to receiving a free or discounted product in exchange for a review. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.
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- Reviews have been deleted
There are a few limitations to keep in mind regarding the Deleted Reviews test:
- We don't have a magic ability to collect every single deleted review; we can only identify reviews as deleted if we collect them on one date and then notice they are no longer visible on a subsequent date.
- We have no information on reviews that were never published in the first place.
- We also don't know why these reviews were removed. It could be action from the platform, personal decision by the review author, part of an entire account closure, even some data error on our part, etc.