This rug is AH-MAY-ZING!!!  I ordered it for my son's room and everyone loves it.  It's incredibly soft.  The shimmer is visible but that isn't a dominant feature.  In our case, the rug was placed in a boy's room and I think it's perfectly fine.  I did notice a very small number of shedded threads in the first week or so after we got it but that seems to have stopped.  Both of my children lay on this rug all the time and now my daughter has changed her mind about the rug we had selected for her room and wants the pink version of this rug instead.  Can't wait for that one to arrive.