Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm not a broke college student buying this desk. I'm just broke. I'm a writer, you see, and a writer needs a desk just as much as he needs an imagination. Whether I am a good writer or not is a different subject entirely. So, naturally I went with this desk. Why? Because it's cheap. I read all reviews and erred on the side of caution when purchasing it. I braced myself for what horrors I would come to purchase, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that this desk really isn't half bad. That is, if you are willing to put in a little extra work to make it last. There are screws, wooden pegs and locking screws. That's it. You'll need a crosshead screwdriver and a hammer. This is where the little extra effort comes in. I also used Gorilla Glue Wood Glue and a power drill with a crosshead attachment. I want this thing to last. So I loosened the purse strings a bit to buy a (small) bottle of Gorilla Glue to assist with my assembly. Any joint, any attachment, any screw got the glue. The whole thing is made of particle board and plastic with a faux wood finish. Hey, if you wanted to buy something carved from solid oak and aged and stained to perfection, look elsewhere. You're not building Rome, you're building a one-room truck stop on the way to Rome. No, this desk won't be perfect. It's a cookie-cutter kind of desk; you'll certainly get what you paid for if the little extra effort isn't invested. 30 minutes it says on the box for assembly. With my wood glue it took about 45 minutes. I applied liberally and often the wood glue. I used the power drill for the screws and a regular screwdriver to take it home. It's particle board and it will split and disintegrate with enough force, i.e. over-zealous power drilling. The hammer is used really only for the pegs on the bottom of the desk. And maybe excise a little frustration if that's your thing. The boards do have some semblance of organization as they each have respective letters stamped on them. A, B, C, etc. to help with the assembly. 45 minutes later and bam! I had a desk...with one minor issue. It wobbles. Not a whole lot but if I go full-on Beethoven-hammering-on-my-MacBook-keys then the desk may very well tip over. Hence the 4-star review and not 5. I made some mistakes along the way. The plastic poles looked like the taller ones were on top but nay, they are on the bottom. I accidentally placed an unfinished edge or two facing towards me; an easy fix. And I may or may not have accidentally glued my hand to a board. More than once. Stop laughing. Gorilla Glue is no joke apparently. And no, there's no need to drill your own holes. Then again, you can do what you want. I'm just a review. I added my MacBook 13.3" for scale in case you can't grasp dimensions like me. Thank you for reading.