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Aye well, when the review appears within 20 minutes of my telling them the title and where it is on GoodReads, I know they haven't read the book and the review is bogus.
There are two possibilities:
1. They've used a scammer's manual with flattering phrases to fill in the blanks in a bogus review.
2. They've got the book description from GoodReads, fed it to a bot with instructions to write a positive and flattering review, and posted the result.
In most of the ones I've seen, I suspect the latter.
#writing #writingcommunity #bookreviews #bogusreviews
Stephen Hayes
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2026-04-01 07:13:19 UTC
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