Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

BUYER BEWARE. I read through the numerous 5-star reviews and noticed something extremely suspicious. They are almost all the same length, and there's a lot of repetition in the ideas, punctuation and the wording of the reviews. When I clicked on the authors of the reviews, most of them have only one or two other reviews and the writing style of those reviews is very different from the style of the reviews here. And what about the writing style? In most cases, the positive reviews for this book contain grammatical errors that reveal the writer is not a native English speaker. Sometimes the reviews contain such bad writing that it's almost impossible to understand them. Even the longer, more comprehensive reviews reveal a similar problem with the English language. To be clear: I have nothing against non-native speakers writing reviews in English. In fact, I say good for them! But in this case, it's different. There's a clear pattern of similarity of errors that makes the entire batch of reviews suspicious. Then I checked out the 1-star reviews for this book. These reviews comment on the terrible grammar and spelling of the book and the fact that the writing is often unintelligible. Very much like the 5-star reviews themselves. It is my never-humble opinion that NOT ALL -- BUT MANY of these reviews are fakes, probably all written by the same person, perhaps the author him/herself. In other words, BUYER BEWARE. The saddest part is recognizing that Amazon now allows this sort of thing to run rampant. I've been an Amazon customer for many years and have spent a lot of money on this site. I used to rely on the Amazon reviewer process to help me make decisions regarding purchases, and have written many reviews myself in an attempt to provide helpful opinions for other consumers. This process has now been sabotaged.