i absolutely love this piece...its even better then how it looks in the picture.  Its very heavy...which I like but I was surprised at how flimsy the back is...but what is odd is even though the material of the back appears flimsy, it fully stabelizes the piece once it is all put together.  I put together myself and I am a 5 foot 1 woman. The shelves are adustable which allows different book sizes or other things to be stored.  I am very happy with this piece and am now going to look for a tall book case to match.