Overall it is a fine bookcase but for what I paid I would have expected more/better. It was packaged well and even though there was some light box damage it did not penetrate to the bookcase. However, I did find some dings on the boards that were no where near where the box damage was so those had to come from the factory. Putting it together was okay, normal level of difficulty for this type of furniture and took about 30-40 minutes. I would suggest having a second set of hands as there are a couple steps where that would come in real handy. It also seemed a little flimsy until we got the back on and that tightened it up (the pictures were before the back was on). Once assembled it looks pretty good but several of the seams are not quite aligned, I uploaded one image showing an 1/8" gap.