For 250$ bucks (taxes included) I expected way more. To begin with, assembling this shelf was difficult and frustrating. The instructions didn’t make things any easier—they only made the process more confusing. Still, after two days, we finally managed to put it together. Unfortunately, it didn’t come without damage. When we tried to secure the structure with nails using a drill, it kept cracking and breaking because the wood isn’t real it’s made of cheap particle board. At some point, we even had to glue certain parts just to keep them from falling apart. In the end, I’d say it’s better to spend a bit more money on a shelf than to deal with something like this.

We bought this bookcase in black and it fits nicely in my husband's office. It was not difficult to put together, but it definitely needs to people to stand it up, as the directions state. The back is a thicker material, like paneling, instead of the cheap material, like some bookcases have. It saves us room as all of our books fit on the shelves nicely.

Inexpensive way to create a fantastic library in my house. The size works!

Really nice size bookshelf! My only issue is with the manufacturing (so 4 stars instead of 5) ... the bookshelf gets assembled in two parts that then need to be stacked on top of one another. However, the assembly is such that the piece that needs to be lifted is the significantly larger and heavier of the two pieces. My husband and I struggled to lift it together.

Ugh! This piece is cheap and impossibly difficult to assemble. I wish I would have returned it right out of the box.