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Note: While Amazon.com claims 10,516 Ratings, we counted 1,136 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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Warn Overall Grade
FAIL Word Count Comparison
FAIL Phrase Repetition
WARN Rating Trend
WARN Brand Repeats
WARN Suspicious Reviewers
WARN Reviewer Participation
PASS Unverified Purchases
PASS Overlapping Review History
PASS Reviewer Ease
PASS Incentivized Reviews
PASS Deleted Reviews
Most Trusted Reviews
a very good reading mystery. It has really held my ... [Go to full review]
Dec 16, 2020
100%
TRUST
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 5.0)
Least Trusted Reviews
Long time Harlan Coben fan. Interesting plot twists and sub ... [Go to full review]
Mar 18, 2020
0%
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TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Created on a high volume day
- Overrepresented word count (21 words)
- Contains repetitive phrases (show)
- Overrepresented Participation (posted 8 Reviews)
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.5)
Analysis Details
Fail Word Count Comparison
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- 25%
- 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 285 reviews (or 25%) 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 3.9. 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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48 reviews
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18 reviews
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39 reviews
(3.4/5)
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23 reviews
(4.0/5)
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24 reviews
(3.7/5)
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13 reviews
(4.9/5)
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10 reviews
(5.0/5)
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15 reviews
(3.2/5)
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14 reviews
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19 reviews
(3.7/5)
(3.7/5)
Common Phrases in Titles:
26 reviews
(4.9/5)
(4.9/5)
118 of the 1,136 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.5 while reviews without substantial repetitive phrases rated this product an average of 4.0. 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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- 14%
- Created over 12 days
We counted 1,136 reviews for this product over the span of 378 days, an average of 3.0 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 10 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 12 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 164 reviews were created on just 12 days. Although any days with a larger number of reviews than expected is suspicious, these reviews do not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
Warn Brand Repeats
Brand Repeaters
297 of the 1,136 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
424 of the 1,136 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.
Warn Reviewer Participation
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- 46%
- 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 525 reviewers (or 46%) 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 Unverified Purchases
465 of the 1,136 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:
7% also reviewed:
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
6% also reviewed:
Missing You by Dutton Adult
6% also reviewed:
The Woman in the Window: A Novel by A. J Finn
5% also reviewed:
Blue Moon: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child
5% also reviewed:
The Late Show (Renee Ballard Series Book 1) by Michael Connelly
5% also reviewed:
Dark Sacred Night (A Ballard and Bosch Novel) by Michael Connelly
5% also reviewed:
Memory Man by David Baldacci
5% also reviewed:
The Guardians: A Novel by John Grisham
4% also reviewed:
Long Road to Mercy (An Atlee Pine Thriller, 1) by David Baldacci
278 of the 1,136 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 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 4.2, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.3.
4.2 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.
10 of the 1,136 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.