Shield of Lies (Star Wars: The Black Fleet Crisis Deries)
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Most Trusted Reviews
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- Verified Purchaser
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 2.8)
Least Trusted Reviews
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- Unverified Purchaser
- Contains repetitive phrases (show)
- Never-Verified Reviewer
- Take-Back Reviewer (4 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 5.0)
- Brand Repeater (2 of 52 reviews for this brand; avg rating: 3.5)
- Overlapping Review History: reviewed 8 of 9 top products
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.3)
Analysis Details
We discovered a total of 13 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 2.2. Even though deleted reviews don't affect the average rating, the fact that action was taken to delete reviews raises some red flags about the integrity of the reviews for the product as whole.
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.
27 of the 46 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. The unverified purchasers have rated this product an average of 2.8 while the verified purchasers have rated this product an average of 3.8. 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.
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.
Never-Verified Reviewers
12 of the 46 reviewers have never written a verified purchase review. The Never-Verified Reviewers have rated this product an average of 2.5 while the reviewers who have written at least one verified purchase review rated this product an average of 3.6. 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.
Take-Back Reviewers
22 of the 46 reviewers have had at least one of their past reviews for another product deleted. While this is more Take-Back Reviewers than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
Brand Repeaters
12 of the 46 reviewers have reviewed other products for this brand. While this is more Brand Repeaters than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
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17 of the 46 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. This is an excessively large percentage which may indicate unnatural reviews.
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27 of the 46 reviewers have substantial overlapping product review history. While this is more than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
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- Have an overrepresented word count
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- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
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3.9 Product's Average Ease Score
4.2 Category's Average Ease Score
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- Admitted to receiving an incentive
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.