Overall this bookshelf is okay. The quality isnt the best but you get what you pay for. One of the shelves came damaged as you can see in the photo, but its not worth the headache trying to get a new shelf. Its fairly sturdy and I like the locking mechanism for the screws, I find that to be sturdier than just screws. Removing a star for the damaged shelf but also the fixed heights of the shelves make it so that a lot of books wont actually fit on the shelves (not all kids books are short board books!). It would be nice if some were shorter and some were taller so you could organize your books better.