Review on Peter's Goods 2-Tier Modern Rustic Floating Wall Shelves: Perfect Modern Farmhouse Decor for Multiple Rooms by Veronica Williams

With over 300 reviews, all of which seem positive, I figured this shelf would make a nice addition to my wall. I'm starting to hoard books from work and my home office needs a place to store all of those books. This item is cheap and of poor quality. The brackets are cheap metal and while they don't feel flimsy, they're definitely not what I expected. On the other hand, the wood is lighter than I have ever seen. I might actually find wood to be less reliable than chipboard, and to be honest it's like that cheap kind of wood you buy for your kid's karate class - you know those boards meant to fool a kid into believing they're a plank with a fist - except that we adults understand that these planks are so cheap and fragile that they can break even if dropped. Here is the forest. I'm afraid to put any book with weight on it (e.g. hardcover books). Eventually it will break. It helps that the brackets aren't terrible, and it's probably easier for me to cut out the wood shelves and color them from spare boards in my garage than to return them to Revine. 1 star and if I could I would give 0 stars.