I love the idea of this type of a bookcase as it is an open space and not bulky along the wall. It looks really nice in my place and looks fancy. Very stable. To assemble it was a little harder as one of the top bars is pictured the opposite way so it was a little confusing at the beginning.  What I noticed is that even though the bookcase is very tall, there are only 5 shelves - there is a lot of space that is unused. You cannot put so tall decorations on the shelf. One extra shelf added would have been nice.