The Stars, Like Dust (Galactic Empire Book 1)
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From Isaac Asimov
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Most Trusted Reviews
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Take-Back Reviewer (7 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 5.0)
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.5)
Least Trusted Reviews
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- Unverified Purchaser
- Created on a high volume day
- Overrepresented word count (195 words)
- Contains repetitive phrases (show)
- Take-Back Reviewer (42 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 4.2)
- Brand Repeater (25 of 649 reviews for this brand; avg rating: 4.0)
- Overlapping Review History: reviewed 2 of 9 top products
- Critical Reviewer (avg. rating: 4.2)
Analysis Details
57 of the 167 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. The unverified purchasers have rated this product an average of 3.7 while the verified purchasers 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.
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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- 15%
- Created over 5 days
We counted 167 reviews for this product over the span of 8,076 days, an average of 0.0 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 1 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 5 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 25 reviews were created on just 5 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.
Brand Repeaters
75 of the 167 reviewers have reviewed other products for this brand. While this is more Brand Repeaters than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
Take-Back Reviewers
81 of the 167 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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- 35%
- 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 2 groups with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 59 reviews (or 35%) are within an overrepresented word count group. While this is more reviews from overrepresented word count groups than we'd expect to see, these reviews do not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
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49 of the 167 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. This is an excessively large percentage which may indicate unnatural reviews.
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8% also reviewed:
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76 of the 167 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.
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- 0%
- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
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4.2 Product's Average Ease Score
4.2 Category's Average Ease Score
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- 0%
- Admitted to receiving an incentive
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.
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- Reviews have been deleted
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.