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In the Clearing (The Tracy Crosswhite Series)
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From Robert Dugoni
This report was last updated 11/16/2019.
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FAIL 
Suspicious Reviewers
Suspicious ReviewersFAIL Phrase Repetition
Phrase RepetitionWARN Deleted Reviews
Deleted ReviewsWARN Rating Trend
Rating TrendWARN Unverified Purchases
Unverified PurchasesWARN Reviewer Ease
Reviewer EaseWARN Word Count Comparison
Word Count ComparisonWARN Reviewer Participation
Reviewer ParticipationPASS Overlapping Review History
Overlapping Review HistoryPASS Brand Repeats
Brand RepeatsPASS Incentivized Reviews
Incentivized Reviews
Most Trusted Reviews
Great character development and a double murder mystery from two ... [Go to full review]
Jan 17, 2017
100%
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Verified Purchaser
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Take-Back Reviewer (2 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 5.0) -
Brand Repeater (2 of 104 reviews for this brand; avg rating: 5.0) -
Overlapping Review History: reviewed 1 of 9 top products -
Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.4)
Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.1)
Least Trusted Reviews
So touching and satisfying finding out the truth. What a ... [Go to full review]
Sep 16, 2019
0%
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Overrepresented word count (28 words) -
Contains repetitive phrases (
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Overrepresented Participation (posted 11 Reviews) -
Easy Grader (avg. rating: 5.0)
Analysis Details
Fail Suspicious Reviewers
Suspicious Reviewers
Never-Verified Reviewers
166 of the 2,654 reviewers have never written a verified purchase review. The Never-Verified Reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.7 while the reviewers who have written at least one verified purchase review 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.
Take-Back Reviewers
761 of the 2,654 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 2,654 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 3.3 while all other reviewers 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.
Fail Phrase Repetition
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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204 reviews
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49 reviews
(4.8/5)
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225 reviews
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39 reviews
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46 reviews
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38 reviews
(4.9/5)
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29 reviews
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41 reviews
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86 reviews
(4.7/5)
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31 reviews
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Common Phrases in Titles:
34 reviews
(4.7/5)
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28 reviews
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48 reviews
(4.7/5)
(4.7/5)
372 of the 2,654 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.7 while reviews without substantial repetitive phrases 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.
Warn Deleted Reviews
Deleted Reviews
We discovered a total of 2 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 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.
5.0 average rating of deleted reviews
Warn Rating Trend
Rating Trend
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- 25%
- Created over 51 days
We counted 2,654 reviews for this product over the span of 1,274 days, an average of 2.1 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 8 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 51 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 674 reviews were created on just 51 days. This is an excessively high number of reviews submitted on these high volume days.
Warn Unverified Purchases
Unverified Purchases
1,409 of the 2,654 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. While this is a higher percentage of unverified purchases than we'd expect to see, the discrepancy in ratings between the unverified purchases and verified purchases isn't significant enough to rule out the possibility of it being due to random chance.
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.
Warn 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 4.5, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.3. While this discrepancy is rather large, it is not quite large enough to rule out the possibility of it being due random chance.
4.5 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
Warn Word Count Comparison
Word Count Comparison
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- 70%
- 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 3 groups with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 1,857 reviews (or 70%) are within an overrepresented word count group. This is an excessively high number of reviews in overrepresented word count groups.
Warn Reviewer Participation
Reviewer Participation
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- 35%
- 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 932 reviewers (or 35%) are within an overrepresented participation group. While this is more reviews from overrepresented participation groups than we'd expect to see, these reviews do not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
Pass Overlapping Review History
Overlapping Review History
Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
6% also reviewed:
The Girl in the Ice: A gripping serial killer... by Robert Bryndza
6% also reviewed:
Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
6% also reviewed:
An Innocent Client: A Legal Thriller (Joe Dillard... by Scott Pratt
5% also reviewed:
Say You're Sorry (Morgan Dane Book 1) by Melinda Leigh
4% also reviewed:
Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel by Mark Sullivan
4% also reviewed:
Everything We Keep: A Novel by Kerry Lonsdale
4% also reviewed:
I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll
4% also reviewed:
Exhume (Dr. Schwartzman Book 1) by Danielle Girard
Does not include products
from the same brand
from the same brand
729 of the 2,654 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 Brand Repeats
Brand Repeats
Brand Repeaters
390 of the 2,654 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.
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.
22 of the 2,654 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.