I wanted to love this tree and even after some of the negative reviews I thought I would give it a shot anyway. First I can see why some people mention it being difficult to put together. We struggled trying to fit the two main pieces together as well. Second our tree definitely leans. So I can either lean it front or lean it back but it’s unavoidable. Third and the most annoying, I noticed one of the lights out when we set it up and even after changing the bulb it didn’t fix it, there is also a big area on the top of the tree missing lights. Can we work with it, yes but was it worth $53, not in my opinion.