I tend to read the 3 and 4 star reviews, figuring at least I get a balanced assessment.

and often give three or four stars and write scathing reviews.

Of course, lefties generally have read the book in question.

Let people write all the spam reviews they want, and they won't count toward an overall average.

For a book like this, you know the score will be meaningless anyway.

Amazon could curate a few legit reviews and sticky them.

Or, only let "verified purchases" count toward the aggregate score.

people complaining about Amazon deleting bad reviews on items that weren't books etc. Much of it depends if they're verified reviews from Amazon purchases, I believe. After awhile, they can tell who's bullshitting and who isn't.

I said this is a HATEFUL COMMENT about a candidate who wrote a book.

I said this is a HATEFUL COMMENT about a woman and is misogyny pure and simple

i wore a bund of ot er stuff and i bet other people did too. that is why amazon rolled over.

maybe Hillary said, i will pull my books if you don't get rid of the haters.

I'm thrilled!

glen beck once said that only people who'd bought the product should be able to review. That's slightly problematic, but it's sure better than the system they have now.

I was pissed at how the reviews were going. At one point yesterday there were 1,029 reviews. 51% were 1-star, 45% were 5-star. I think the ratio got even worse (many 1-star, fewer 5-star) at some point.

You'd think these haters/trolls would have better things to do with their time. They control every level of government. They dominate media. Why continue to foam at the mouth at the thought of HRC? F'ing losers.

the 1 star reviews yesterday. This is what I observed:

Every single review on the first page of 5 star reviews was by a verified purchaser. The reviews on the next 2 - 3 pages were almost all marked “verified purchase” with maybe 2 or 3 that weren't.

I went through 10 pages of 1 star reviews and not a single review was marked “verified purchase”. Not one. And the comments were obviously made by people who hadn't read even a few pages of the book. I reported abuse on several of them. Ones that had filthy comments like, being able to smell Hillary's sh*t on the pages, and the pages being too dirty to use for toilet paper. Comments along those lines. I asked Amazon to read the 1 star reviews and to consider removing them. I'm so happy they did. I hope they continue to clean up the reviews daily.

There has been a problem with Amazon reviews for a loooong time, with groups invading reviews to intentionally post negative or positive reviews. I noticed in particular lots and lots of 5 star reviews for blenders that belonged, suspiciously, to reviewers who had posted only one review, or only several (all 5 star) reviews. Those were obviously plants. Companies will hire trolls to post positive reviews for their products across the internet. Amazon is a key place for those reviews.

I and others complained to Amazon about it. Sometimes the reviews were so obvious, in that they were vague and short. Professional reviewers no doubt get paid per review. A review like, "This is the best blender I've ever used!"

So Amazon started taking measures to weed out the fake reviews. I was happy to see it. The reviews are now more reliable.

If they want to bash her book, they will have to buy it first.

Not just for Hillary's book, but for many others, including novels. Very often, these are unverified purchases. Very often, they single out a particular paragraph or even sentence to prove their point. I think of them as "agenda reviews".

I applaud Amazon discounting some of these frivolous reviews. It is not fair to print reviews that are clearly not legitimate, that don't even pertain to the book, that have no point, that are "echoes" of talk radio, or are simply nonsense.

Perhaps they could post these types of reviews in a separate section, and not include them in the overall score.

Like some sites,
Amazon should restrict all reviews to certified buyers.

When I buy from eBay,
eBay sends me an email requesting me to review the product.

You can't just go on eBay and say you love or hate a product, book, etc.

Who are these people writing good or bad reviews on Amazon?

You can paste an Amazon review in at http://fakespot.com/ and find out if it is real or fake.

I see no problem with any vendor not accepting reviews from people who did not purchase the product. If the trolls want to review the book, buy a copy and actually read it.

I'm glad to see that Amazon was being proactive to keep things honest.

She should have waited about a year to write it.

The wounds were a little too fresh and she came off a bit whinny, even about (plentiful) legitimate complaints. She also lashed out at people who probably could have done better, but it served no purpose to lash out and buried her legit complaints.

I'd give it about a 3.

I spent an entire afternoon on Amazon protesting those one-star reviews that were posted BEFORE the book was even released.

Those people didn't read the book and their "reviews" were total right-wing bullshit. I'm glad Amazon finally listened and did something.

to vent their spleens - almost comical.

The crazies are hell bent - it is their life mission - to bully Americans into believing what they do no matter the cost of treasure or time.

But...I'm guessing Trump knuckle draggers have longggggg forgot about that.

Thanks Amazon.