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The Ninth Step - John Milton #8 (John Milton Series)
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From Mark Dawson
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Last Updated: Sep 12, 2017
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Fail Overall Grade
FAIL
Rating Trend

FAIL
Unverified Purchases

FAIL
Suspicious Reviewers

FAIL
Reviewer Ease

FAIL
Phrase Repetition

WARN
Brand Repeats

WARN
Reviewer Participation

PASS
Word Count Comparison

PASS
Overlapping Review History

PASS
Incentivized Reviews

PASS
Deleted Reviews

Most Trusted Reviews
No matter how hard he tries, Milton just can't escape ... [Go to full review]
Jan 10, 2016
100%
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Verified Purchaser
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Take-Back Reviewer (5 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 4.0)
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Brand Repeater (10 of 330 reviews for this brand; avg rating: 4.1)
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Overlapping Review History: reviewed 5 of 9 top products
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Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 3.7)
Least Trusted Reviews
Another really good Milton novel from Mark Dawson. I always ... [Go to full review]
Jan 7, 2016
0%
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TRUST
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Unverified Purchaser
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Created on a high volume day
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Contains repetitive phrases (
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Never-Verified Reviewer
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Single-Day Reviewer (posted all reviews on Jan 7, 2016)
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Overrepresented Participation (posted 6 Reviews)
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Easy Grader (avg. rating: 5.0)
Analysis Details
Fail
Rating Trend

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- 45%
- Created over 12 days
We counted 436 reviews for this product over the span of 585 days, an average of 0.7 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 5 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 12 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 197 reviews were created on just 12 days. The reviews on these high volume days have rated this product an average of 4.9 while reviews from other days have rated this product an average of 4.7. 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
Unverified Purchases

92 of the 436 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. The unverified purchasers have rated this product an average of 4.9 while the verified purchasers have rated this product an average of 4.7. 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.
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.
Fail
Suspicious Reviewers

Never-Verified Reviewers
17 of the 436 reviewers have never written a verified purchase review. The Never-Verified Reviewers have rated this product an average of 5.0 while the reviewers who have written at least one verified purchase review rated this product an average of 4.8. 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
13 of the 436 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
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. 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.
4.5 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
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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35 reviews
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14 reviews
4 reviews
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10 reviews
14 reviews
110 of the 436 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 4.7. 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
Brand Repeats

Brand Loyalists
9 of the 436 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

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- 69%
- 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 299 reviewers (or 69%) are within an overrepresented participation group. This is an excessively high number of reviewers in overrepresented participation groups.
Pass
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
Overlapping Review History

Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
7% also reviewed:
Bosch: Behind the Scenes by Amazon Studios
6% also reviewed:
Make Me: A Jack Reacher Novel by Child, Lee
5% also reviewed:
Personal: A Jack Reacher Novel, Cover may vary by Lee Child
5% also reviewed:
Two Killer Thriller Novels - Leopold Blake Series... by Nick Stephenson
4% also reviewed:
The Survivor (A Mitch Rapp Novel Book 12) by Vince Flynn
4% also reviewed:
Paydown (A Private Investigator Series of Crime... by Stephenson, Nick
4% also reviewed:
Bosch Season 2 - Official Trailer by Titus Welliver
3% also reviewed:
Never Go Back (Jack Reacher) by Child, Lee
Does not include products
from the same brand
from the same brand
114 of the 436 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.
5 of the 436 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.
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.