Hi @Shirley43 you are right!
When guests are looking at a listing the reviews will show up in a different order depending where they are based/searching from- so if a guest is searching in France, your reviews from French guests will show at the top of your review pile...regardless of when those stays took place.
I think the "logic" here is that Airbnb feel that if guests see reviews where other people from the same country have stayed this might make potential guests feel that they would have a similar experience.
There used to be the function to filter reviews with "recent" and "most relevant" but I don't see that anymore.
Tip: take screenshots of some of your best and recent reviews, and add them to your photo stack- guests will see them when they click through your photos without having to scroll down to the main reviews- I have 3/4 at the end of my photo stack and I feel this works well!
Would be great if reviews were just in date order, and maybe one day they will be 🙂
Paul.