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The Sinner: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
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From Tess Gerritsen
This report was last updated 12/8/2020.
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Note: While Amazon.com claims 1,165 Ratings, we counted 1,037 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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Pass Overall Grade
FAIL Word Count Comparison
FAIL Phrase Repetition
WARN Deleted Reviews
WARN Brand Repeats
WARN Suspicious Reviewers
PASS Rating Trend
PASS Unverified Purchases
PASS Overlapping Review History
PASS Reviewer Participation
PASS Reviewer Ease
PASS Incentivized Reviews
Most Trusted Reviews
This was my first go at this series. It was ... [Go to full review]
Feb 3, 2018
100%
TRUST
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 3.7)
Least Trusted Reviews
Like this mystery really well. If you like Rizzoli and ... [Go to full review]
Aug 17, 2014
0%
TRUST
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Overrepresented word count (16 words)
- Contains repetitive phrases (show)
- Take-Back Reviewer (1 deleted Review; avg. rating: 5.0)
- Brand Repeater (2 of 37 reviews for this brand; avg rating: 4.0)
- Overlapping Review History: reviewed 1 of 9 top products
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.5)
Analysis Details
Fail Word Count Comparison
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- 24%
- 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 251 reviews (or 24%) are within an overrepresented word count group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 4.6, 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.
Fail 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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49 reviews
(4.3/5)
(4.3/5)
16 reviews
(4.3/5)
(4.3/5)
125 reviews
(4.5/5)
(4.5/5)
59 reviews
(4.6/5)
(4.6/5)
28 reviews
(4.7/5)
(4.7/5)
10 reviews
(4.9/5)
(4.9/5)
9 reviews
(4.1/5)
(4.1/5)
26 reviews
(4.4/5)
(4.4/5)
19 reviews
(4.8/5)
(4.8/5)
17 reviews
(4.5/5)
(4.5/5)
Common Phrases in Titles:
21 reviews
(4.8/5)
(4.8/5)
39 reviews
(4.6/5)
(4.6/5)
19 reviews
(4.7/5)
(4.7/5)
173 of the 1,037 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 4.4. 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.
Warn Deleted Reviews
We discovered a total of 6 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 4.8. 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.
Warn Brand Repeats
Brand Repeaters
496 of the 1,037 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.
Warn Suspicious Reviewers
Take-Back Reviewers
398 of the 1,037 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 Rating Trend
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- 5%
- Created over 12 days
We counted 1,037 reviews for this product over the span of 6,282 days, an average of 0.2 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 12 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 51 reviews were created on just 12 days. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Pass Unverified Purchases
396 of the 1,037 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:
15% also reviewed:
Vanish (Jane Rizzoli, Book 5) by Ballantine Books
13% also reviewed:
The Mephisto Club: A Novel by Tess Gerritsen
11% also reviewed:
The Keepsake: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel by Gerritsen, Tess
9% also reviewed:
Ice Cold: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel (Rizzoli &... by Ballantine Books
6% also reviewed:
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
5% also reviewed:
The Bone Garden: A Novel by Ballantine Books
5% also reviewed:
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
4% also reviewed:
Gone Girl: A Novel by Julia Whelan
4% also reviewed:
The Liar by Nora Roberts
419 of the 1,037 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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- 0%
- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
We didn't find any participation groups that had a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see in this category.
Read more about our Reviewer Participation test.
Read more about our Reviewer Participation test.
Pass 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 4.3, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.3.
4.3 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
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.