A handful of the holes for the dowels are too small, so the connecting pieces don’t fit snugly.  Also, I had to drill a lot of holes in the pieces. Yes, you’ve got to own a power drill to assemble.  The instructions could be clearer, I had to assemble by trial and error in a couple places.  I gave it a two vs one star bc I like the look of the driftwood grey dresser I bought.