Ratings at The Pirate Review were designed to be pretty self-evident, but on the off chance you want more information, here it is:

	FIVE STARS: The best, superlative, indispensable.
	FOUR STARS: Very good; worthy of your time and money.
	THREE STARS: Fair; also, items with both very good and horrible qualities.
	TWO STARS: Substandard; probably not worth your time.
	ONE STAR: Disappointing.
	BOAT ANCHOR: That's about all this product is good for.

I use half-stars to designate when an item is somewhere between two ratings. "Boat anchor" ratings are few and far between, reserved for items which cannot even be salvaged for laughs with the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment.

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