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Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass)
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From Sarah J. Maas
This report was last updated 7/26/2018.
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Fail Overall Grade
FAIL Brand Repeats
FAIL Reviewer Ease
FAIL Word Count Comparison
FAIL Phrase Repetition
FAIL Reviewer Participation
WARN Rating Trend
WARN Suspicious Reviewers
PASS Unverified Purchases
PASS Overlapping Review History
PASS Incentivized Reviews
PASS Deleted Reviews
Most Trusted Reviews
Bad language and content, without warning. [Go to full review]
Dec 30, 2017
100%
TRUST
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.0)
Least Trusted Reviews
Loved it! Can't wait for the next one! [Go to full review]
Dec 16, 2016
0%
TRUST
TRUST
- Unverified Purchaser
- Contains repetitive phrases (show)
- Overrepresented Participation (posted 8 Reviews)
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 5.0)
Analysis Details
Fail Brand Repeats
Brand Loyalists
98 of the 1,872 reviewers have reviewed multiple products but half or more of their reviews are for this brand. This is an excessively large percentage of Brand Loyalists which may indicate unnatural reviews.
Brand Monogamists
42 of the 1,872 reviewers have reviewed multiple products, but only for this brand. This is an excessively large percentage of Brand Monogamists which may indicate unnatural reviews.
Fail 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. 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.
4.4 Product's Average Ease Score
4.2 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
Fail Word Count Comparison
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- 23%
- 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 430 reviews (or 23%) 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.
Fail Phrase Repetition
Reviews that contain one of these phrases are NOT necessarily devalued; read more about how this test works here.
320 of the 1,872 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 4.6. 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 Reviewer Participation
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- 73%
- 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 1371 reviewers (or 73%) are within an overrepresented participation group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 4.7, while all other reviews have 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.
Warn Rating Trend
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- 42%
- Created over 40 days
We counted 1,872 reviews for this product over the span of 687 days, an average of 2.7 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 9 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 40 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 781 reviews were created on just 40 days. This is an excessively high number of reviews submitted on these high volume days.
Warn Suspicious Reviewers
Take-Back Reviewers
73 of the 1,872 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.
Pass Unverified Purchases
250 of the 1,872 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:
4% also reviewed:
Insurgent: Divergent, Book 2 by Veronica Roth
3% also reviewed:
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1) by Suzanne Collins
3% also reviewed:
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
3% also reviewed:
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
3% also reviewed:
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
2% also reviewed:
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles Book 1) by Marissa Meyer
268 of the 1,872 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 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.