Unlike the matching desk (for which I've also left feedback and can be seen in the pic), this was an absolute breeze to assemble. I see a lot of comments about the shelves being laminate and press board, but they are heavy, well made and attractive looking from far AND near;  this looks like a quality bookcase. I lived with the Billy bookcases from IKEA for years (also laminate and press board) and nothing happened to them; the quality of this case is far superior.  Also, the hardware includes wall anchoring hardware which is helpful. 

The only downside was the tremendous amount of packing material it came with, which was very wasteful;  there has to be a better way to pack this stuff. In particular, the flying Styrofoam snow particles upon opening the box and removing all the components really ticked me off and added a lot of cleaning to the process.