Easy for one person to put together and looks nice in the space. We had floating shelves prior to this bookcase, but the books were to heavy for the shelves. This bookshelf is overall nice. I took one star away because each tier gets shorter and I can only fit normal sized books (ie Dr. Seuss) in the bottom row. Anything larger than those do not fit on the shelves and have to be put in the pockets. I could not find any specs on shelf height but I bought it anyways hoping books would fit and all of my sons favorite books are now crammed in the bottom level. Overall a good bookshelf but if you don’t have any small  books then it’s worth noting they might not fit on the shelves.