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Why are 50% of the reviews from the past couple of days less than three stars, yet this book has an overall rating of 4.31 stars? Is this book a magnet for paid-for reviews while those who spend their hard-earned money on it don't like it?

Cora That's an interesting observation. When I look at the reviews, they seem to be mixed to me without any specific time frame standing out but I did noti…moreThat's an interesting observation. When I look at the reviews, they seem to be mixed to me without any specific time frame standing out but I did notice on another book a while back clumps of bad or good reviews (I can't remember which it was) that were all on the same day with no review, just a star rating and I think I even looked at a few of the people who rated it but they seemed to have other reviews, too, so I figured it was just coincidence. I also borrowed this book from the library but I loved it and gave it 5 stars because it's just my kind of story. (less)

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Kirsten Hacker I've just noticed that this book's rating has dropped from 4.37 down to 4.24 over the past few months and that the number of Netgalley purchased revie ...more
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