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Note: While Amazon.com claims 1,358 Ratings, we counted 395 Reviews available on their site.
Note: We only analyze "reviews" and ignore one-tap "ratings".
Note: We only analyze "reviews" and ignore one-tap "ratings".
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FAIL
Suspicious Reviewers

FAIL
Word Count Comparison

WARN
Brand Repeats

WARN
Reviewer Ease

WARN
Phrase Repetition

PASS
Rating Trend

PASS
Unverified Purchases

PASS
Overlapping Review History

PASS
Reviewer Participation

PASS
Incentivized Reviews

PASS
Deleted Reviews

Most Trusted Reviews
This came in perfect condition and can In less than ... [Go to full review]
Dec 11, 2020
100%
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TRUST
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Verified Purchaser
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Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 3.0)
Least Trusted Reviews
Another great collection of short stories by this great story ... [Go to full review]
May 15, 2015
0%
TRUST
TRUST
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Verified Purchaser
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Contains repetitive phrases (
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Take-Back Reviewer (2 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 4.5)
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Brand Loyalist (16 of 22 reviews for this brand; avg rating: 4.8)
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Overlapping Review History: reviewed 1 of 9 top products
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Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.7)
Analysis Details
Fail
Suspicious Reviewers

Take-Back Reviewers
168 of the 395 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.
Single-Day Reviewers
3 of the 395 reviewers have written multiple reviews but posted all of them on a single day. The Single-Day reviewers have rated this product an average of 2.3 while all other reviewers 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.
Fail
Word Count Comparison

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- 16%
- 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 1 group with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 65 reviews (or 16%) 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 4.4. 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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Brand Repeats

Brand Repeaters
196 of the 395 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.
Brand Loyalists
8 of the 395 reviewers have reviewed multiple products but half or more of their reviews are for this brand. While this is more Brand Loyalists than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
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Reviewer Ease

The ease score is the average rating for all reviews that a given reviewer submits. The average ease score for reviewers of this product is 4.4, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.2. While this discrepancy is rather large, it is not quite large enough to rule out the possibility of it being due random chance.
4.4 Product's Average Ease Score
4.2 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
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Phrase Repetition

Reviews that contain one of these phrases are NOT necessarily devalued; read more about how this test works here.
Common Phrases in Reviews:
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21 reviews
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6 reviews
(4.5/5)
(4.5/5)
37 reviews
(4.3/5)
(4.3/5)
32 reviews
(4.4/5)
(4.4/5)
24 reviews
(4.5/5)
(4.5/5)
6 reviews
(4.3/5)
(4.3/5)
6 reviews
(4.2/5)
(4.2/5)
25 reviews
(4.2/5)
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20 reviews
(4.5/5)
(4.5/5)
19 reviews
(4.3/5)
(4.3/5)
130 of the 395 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. This is an excessively large percentage which may indicate unnatural reviews.
Pass
Rating Trend

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- 0%
- Created on high-volume days
We counted 395 reviews for this product over the span of 8,613 days, an average of 0.0 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 2 or fewer reviews on any given day. We didn't find any days exceeding this threshold.
Read more about our Rating Trend test.
Read more about our Rating Trend test.
Pass
Unverified Purchases

157 of the 395 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.
Pass
Overlapping Review History

Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
8% also reviewed:
Carrie by King, Stephen published by Pocket Books... by Pocket Books
8% also reviewed:
The Long Walk by Stephen King
7% also reviewed:
Under the Dome: Part 1: A Novel by King, Stephen
7% also reviewed:
Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Pocket Books
5% also reviewed:
Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born by Peter David
5% also reviewed:
Four Past Midnight (Signet) by Signet
5% also reviewed:
Cell: A Novel by Pocket Books
5% also reviewed:
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
5% also reviewed:
Black House: A Novel by Novels Random House
97 of the 395 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.
Pass
Reviewer Participation

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- 24%
- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
We see the following 1 participation group with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 95 reviewers (or 24%) are within an overrepresented participation group. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Pass
Incentivized Reviews

On Oct 3, 2016, Amazon prohibited incentivized reviews, however we still test for them since there are still millions in our dataset.
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- 0%
- Admitted to receiving an incentive
We didn't detect any reviews that used language indicating they were incentivized.
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.
Pass
Deleted Reviews

- 0
- Reviews have been deleted
We have not discovered any deleted reviews for this product.
There are a few limitations to keep in mind regarding the Deleted Reviews test:
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.