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Hard Road (A Jon Reznick Thriller Book 1)
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From Turner, J. B.
This report was last updated 2/9/2020.
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Note: While Amazon.com claims 2,074 Ratings, we counted 2,075 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 
Word Count Comparison
Word Count ComparisonFAIL Phrase Repetition
Phrase RepetitionWARN Deleted Reviews
Deleted ReviewsWARN Rating Trend
Rating TrendWARN Unverified Purchases
Unverified PurchasesWARN Suspicious Reviewers
Suspicious ReviewersWARN Reviewer Ease
Reviewer EaseWARN Reviewer Participation
Reviewer ParticipationPASS Overlapping Review History
Overlapping Review HistoryPASS Brand Repeats
Brand RepeatsPASS Incentivized Reviews
Incentivized Reviews
Most Trusted Reviews
Excellent read...except for the language. Disgusting and unbecessary. [Go to full review]
Aug 24, 2018
100%
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Verified Purchaser
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Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.1)
Least Trusted Reviews
Liked characters. Good plot. Descriptive but not overly so. Plausible ... [Go to full review]
Jan 2, 2017
0%
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Overrepresented word count (21 words) -
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Take-Back Reviewer (1 deleted Review; avg. rating: 5.0) -
Overrepresented Participation (posted 12 Reviews) -
Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.0)
Analysis Details
Fail Word Count Comparison
Word Count Comparison
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- 39%
- 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 807 reviews (or 39%) are within an overrepresented word count group. These reviews have rated this product an average of 4.5, while all other reviews have rated this product an average of 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.
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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57 reviews
(4.6/5)
(4.6/5)
27 reviews
(4.7/5)
(4.7/5)
58 reviews
(4.8/5)
(4.8/5)
77 reviews
(4.7/5)
(4.7/5)
33 reviews
(4.9/5)
(4.9/5)
24 reviews
(4.7/5)
(4.7/5)
24 reviews
(4.5/5)
(4.5/5)
57 reviews
(4.1/5)
(4.1/5)
27 reviews
(5.0/5)
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22 reviews
(4.6/5)
(4.6/5)
Common Phrases in Titles:
19 reviews
(4.8/5)
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49 reviews
(4.8/5)
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49 reviews
(4.6/5)
(4.6/5)
277 of the 2,075 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 4.3. 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.
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Deleted Reviews
We discovered a total of 19 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 4.4. 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.
4.4 average rating of deleted reviews
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Rating Trend
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- 38%
- Created over 89 days
We counted 2,075 reviews for this product over the span of 2,384 days, an average of 0.9 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 89 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 779 reviews were created on just 89 days. This is an excessively high number of reviews submitted on these high volume days.
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Unverified Purchases
1,469 of the 2,075 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.
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Suspicious Reviewers
Take-Back Reviewers
570 of the 2,075 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.
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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 4.2. While this discrepancy is rather large, it is not quite large enough to rule out the possibility of it being due random chance.
4.3 Product's Average Ease Score
4.2 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
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Reviewer Participation
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- 38%
- 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 782 reviewers (or 38%) 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:
5% also reviewed:
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5% also reviewed:
Tier One (Tier One Thrillers Book 1) by Brian Andrews
5% also reviewed:
My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite Book 1) by Robert Dugoni
4% also reviewed:
An Innocent Client: A Legal Thriller (Joe Dillard... by Scott Pratt
4% also reviewed:
Dead Lawyers Don't Lie: A Gripping Thriller... by Mark Nolan
3% also reviewed:
Betrayal (Tim Tigner Standalone Thrillers) by Tim Tigner
3% also reviewed:
Blood on the Tracks (Sydney Rose Parnell Book 1) by Barbara Nickless
3% also reviewed:
Say You're Sorry (Morgan Dane Book 1) by Melinda Leigh
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from the same brand
from the same brand
505 of the 2,075 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
276 of the 2,075 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.
3 of the 2,075 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.