This bookcase works well for me. It's a tad tippy feeling so I'm not sure I would want it loaded with books around young children unless it was strapped to the wall, but for a home with adults, it is fine. The only thing I'm not keen on is how the top shelf has the four legs capped off. They aren't flush to the shelf surface so it's hard to sit a bigger, flat object like a decorative box around those caps. Some of the edges of the shelves have white bits showing on them too, like the edging material they used around the outer edges wasn't sanded enough.