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The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (1)
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From Stephen King
This report was last updated 1/2/2021.
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Note: While Amazon.com claims 5,981 Ratings, we counted 3,039 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 Overall Grade
FAIL 
Suspicious Reviewers
Suspicious ReviewersFAIL Phrase Repetition
Phrase RepetitionFAIL Overlapping Review History
Overlapping Review HistoryWARN Deleted Reviews
Deleted ReviewsWARN Rating Trend
Rating TrendWARN Brand Repeats
Brand RepeatsWARN Reviewer Participation
Reviewer ParticipationPASS Unverified Purchases
Unverified PurchasesPASS Word Count Comparison
Word Count ComparisonPASS Reviewer Ease
Reviewer EasePASS Incentivized Reviews
Incentivized Reviews
Most Trusted Reviews
This series has been on my TBR list since I ... [Go to full review]
Oct 10, 2012
100%
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Unverified Purchaser
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Take-Back Reviewer (3 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 4.3) -
Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.1)
Verified Purchaser
Least Trusted Reviews
Fans be warned: "The Gunslinger" is definitely not typical King ... [Go to full review]
Dec 7, 2003
0%
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TRUST
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Unverified Purchaser
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Brand Loyalist (5 of 6 reviews for this brand; avg rating: 5.0) -
Overlapping Review History: reviewed 1 of 9 top products -
Overrepresented Participation (posted 6 Reviews) -
Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.7)
Analysis Details
Fail Suspicious Reviewers
Suspicious Reviewers
One-Hit Wonders
233 of the 3,039 reviewers have only reviewed this product. The One-Hit Wonders have rated this product an average of 4.3 while the reviewers who have posted more than one review have rated this product an average of 4.0. 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
1,221 of the 3,039 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.
Fail Phrase Repetition
Phrase Repetition
Reviews that contain one of these phrases are NOT necessarily devalued; read more about how this test works here.
298 of the 3,039 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.3 while reviews without substantial repetitive phrases rated this product an average of 4.0. 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 Overlapping Review History
Overlapping Review History
Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
6% also reviewed:
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
6% also reviewed:
Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born by Peter David
4% also reviewed:
Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, Book 6) by Brand: Donald M. Grant/Scribner
3% also reviewed:
American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition: A... by Neil Gaiman
3% also reviewed:
Under the Dome: Part 1: A Novel by King, Stephen
3% also reviewed:
The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel... by King, Stephen
3% also reviewed:
A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1 by George R. R. Martin
3% also reviewed:
A Princess of Mars (Illustrated) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
3% also reviewed:
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
502 of the 3,039 reviewers have substantial overlapping product review history. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.2 while the reviewers who have a more unique product review history rated this product an average of 4.0. 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.
Warn Deleted Reviews
Deleted Reviews
We discovered a total of 37 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 4.5. 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.
4.5 average rating of deleted reviews
Warn Rating Trend
Rating Trend
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- 20%
- Created over 110 days
We counted 3,039 reviews for this product over the span of 8,536 days, an average of 0.4 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 110 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 600 reviews were created on just 110 days. This is an excessively high number of reviews submitted on these high volume days.
Warn Brand Repeats
Brand Repeats
Brand Repeaters
874 of the 3,039 reviewers have reviewed other products for this brand. While this is more Brand Repeaters than we'd expect to see, the discrepancy in ratings between the Brand Repeaters and non-repeaters isn't significant enough to rule out the possibility of it being due to random chance.
Brand Loyalists
97 of the 3,039 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, the discrepancy in ratings between the Brand Loyalists and non-loyalists isn't significant enough to rule out the possibility of it being due to random chance.
Warn Reviewer Participation
Reviewer Participation
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- 57%
- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
We see the following 2 participation groups with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 1719 reviewers (or 57%) are within an overrepresented participation group. This is an excessively high number of reviewers in overrepresented participation groups.
Pass Unverified Purchases
Unverified Purchases
904 of the 3,039 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 Word Count Comparison
Word Count Comparison
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- 0%
- Have an overrepresented word count
We didn't find any review word count groups that had a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see in this category.
Read more about our Word Count Comparison test.
Read more about our Word Count Comparison test.
Pass Reviewer Ease
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 4.2, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.3.
4.2 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
Pass Incentivized Reviews
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.