I've been through a roller coaster with this bookcase. First I was excited that it arrived. Then I was concerned to see it was open on one end. I got it up to my apartment opened it and everything actually looked fine, reinvigorating my excitement. Then I was disappointed to realize that nowhere in the box were there any instructions. I looked at the pieces I had pulled from the box feeling defeated, and then thought "This doesn't look like rocket science. I bet I could just figure this out on my own." It was, in fact, NOT rocket science. In 10 or 15 minutes I had the one side of the bookcase on the ground and the five shelves all attached to that side. Easy peasy. I then flipped over the other side only to realize there were terrible, visible scratches in it. The one piece I had not thoroughly inspected. Come on, guys! I expect better quality control than this. It gets two stars in that I imagine it will hold books as per the name.