I wanted to give this reading nook five stars. It is so cute! Shipping and delivery was faster than expected. Assembly wasn’t terrible (it took my husband and me about two hours) until we came to the back boards. As other reviewers have noted, the holes do not even remotely line up. We had to just make our own. It was hard to tell how well the board was lined up with the edge of the shelving and we actually ended up putting a nail between the edge of two pieces, which cracked part of one and ruined the finish. Super, super frustrating! There was also a damaged edge to a board that I thought must have occurred during transit (it came out of the box that way), but upon closer inspection I realized it had to happen during manufacturing. We like the bench and are pleased overall with it, but it doesn’t deserve full stars for those reasons.