The bookcase was sturdy and easy to assemble.  The back of the bookcase is flimsy and cheap looking, but looks nice enough in our living room.  As other reviews suggested, I opened the box and moved the pieces to the top floor of our home.  It was much too heavy and bulky to carry the entire package, even with my husband's help.  The other problem I had was one of the stationary shelves had a chip in the pressed wood, but it will be covered with books or I can paint it; and the other stationary shelf's finish was cracked.  At least the crack was not in the pressed wood, or I would have replaced both shelves.