Beyond Library Max Book Nook Kit, DIY Miniature Dollhouse Booknook Kit | 3D Wooden Puzzle for Adults, LED & Dust Cover, Bookshelf Decor Gift for Book Lovers and Puzzle Fans

I purchased this on February 9th, 2025. I gave it 5 stars because I can't give it 4.5 stars. Just finished today with my brother who lives an hour away and only built it with him. I build a lot of models...plastic, wood, metal, you name it. The half star loss would be because when I received it and started to work it, it smelled REALLY EXTREMELY BAD of production chemicals, bad enough it burned my eyes and really agitated my sinuses. I set the pieces out in my unfinished basement for about 2-3 weeks to let them air out. A lot of pieces are really tiny; it can be frustrating. A LOT of the details you build with it, and there is a tremendous amount of detail in this build, in the beginning get lost in later detail. That is the bad. The good is this is such a detailed, warm model that is well manufactured, cut, imaginative and creative. It is beautiful and so full of really cool detail! The pieces fit together 98% perfectly, well-engineered, measured and cut in good, solid pieces of material that are easily identifiable with the added illustrations of what is what. The smaller pieces can be difficult, the tweezers (included) were immensely helpful; the dinosaur skeleton was a pain in the tookas and had problems with it throughout the build, my "T-Rex" was half wood, half plastic. They include duplicates of the more prone to breaking parts, thumbs up on that. Majority of the "books" were a small piece of wood with a sticker to apply and fold over it, maybe 200 of them? So cool though! Some stickers were of actual books, there was Harry Potter, Phantom of the Opera and so many more to display as you see fit in certain areas. I recommend a lighted magnifying glass and/or a magnifying headset...some of the fittings are literally a millimeter. The small glass Earth globe is beautiful and amazing. Just an enjoyable model to proudly put on your bookshelf or wherever you can safely put it. It is a TEDIUS build. Expect to put some real time into the build and (I think) visitors will really enjoy looking at it because there is SOOO much to look at. The lighting is good. No missing pieces, extras left over. I was frustrated with some of the build but overall...it was enjoyable and viewing it after completion is even more enjoyable. Have fun!

So cool and a fun build. This is my 12th book nook style build, even though this one is a bit different compared to standard vertical book nooks. Visually, I expected the build to be more difficult so I wouldn’t say it requires too much experience. Definitely not beginner based on number of pieces and intricacy, but I think if you’ve done 2 or 3 before you’ll be fine. Assembly was pretty straight forward and did not require a lot of gluing which was nice. Instructions were also clear, I had no trouble understanding. No missing parts, actually a few extras. 20 hours to build was mentioned, but this took me about 12 hours spanned in two sessions. Not bad for the final result!! I would suggest differentiating the wires (which length goes to which color) BEFORE getting to the final step of using them. They are very easy to tell which is which if you hold them straight and write down which color is largest to smallest, you don’t need to actually measure if you do it before installation begins. Once installing, it would’ve been more difficult. Wire installation is at the end except the beginning wire and it is WAY easier than any book nook I’ve ever done. ⭐️ I attached an image of the wire lengths and matching colors, so hope that helps in building (assuming everyone receives the same wires and colors). ⭐️ Had no problems with durability. They give you two dinosaur bodies, it is easily the most fragile, and really only fragile portion of the build. I broke both lol. Nothing a small amount of hot glue couldn’t fix, I don’t think you can even tell. But I do appreciate that they give extras for delicate parts. Once it came time to start building books (you wrap a sticker around a wooden rectangle) it is super easy but you need A LOT. I took 30 minutes then and there to build almost all of them which saved a lot of time rather than returning to build books every other step. SUPER RECOMMEND. I’ve done easy and complicated ones before, and this is by far the coolest.

I really enjoyed the intricacies of this project! Everything came out really beautifully! The instructions were clear, the quality is good, and once it was lit up, I was thrilled with the final look. I put on my favorite podcasts and dug into it. The only critiques I have is that I wish they had added extras for the little ladders. I ended up glue repairing one of them, and using some acrylic paint to touch it up. The second one went much better. I really liked the glue this one had. It worked really well. There were no missing pieces. The little book covers were extra neat. Saw a few books that I've enjoyed reading over the years. One of the makers seems to be obsessed with Ernest Hemingway. There was a few spots that seemed to not line up well, but once everything was secured I couldn't have told you where. I have a feeling this will be one of my favorites as I continue collecting them.

Love this little wooden puzzle. Made of quality pieces that come apart easily and it goes together nicely. Suggest using a small crafting hammer as some of the pieces need a little extra push to set in place. Instructions are clear and detailed, lighting is nice, and seems to be sturdy. I am still in process with it, so I cannot comment yet on the finished piece. Looks great so far. Take your time with it and you will enjoy the results. Can’t wait to see it displayed on my bookcase.

This is my 6th book nook and I can say I gain different experience with each. The box of this kit was heavier than others and once opened I could see why. Over a dozen boards and a couple plastic ones. Quality is very good thick wood. Pieces came off fairly easy, but in some instances, I still used a small Awl to push them out. Included was another hammer (I’m starting to get a little collection of them), tweezers, file and a small bottle of B-7000 glue so pretty much everything you need. This set is mostly click-in but you will still need the glue in places. On a later note, if there are pieces that fit kind of loosely, I would go ahead and glue them in place. Later, when you start putting all sides together you might need to use the hammer and everything that is not firmly in place will start falling out. Ask me how I know…Some of the tabs I had to sand down a little because I did not want to force them down and risk breaking them, like on the stairs. There is plastic railing also that I ended up glueing in because they kept falling off. Oh, and those plastic pieces have protective film on BOTH sides not just the front side. It comes off easy enough after to scratch the surface some and then use a tweezer to pull it off. Instructions only say to remove film from front so I missed a couple early on pieces, but I did not want to disassemble it either at that point. Instructions are decent enough, but there are a couple instances where it isn’t clear to assemble or not. Also had to zoom in on the pics a couple of times with my camera to clarify some details. Ans the books…there are a lot of books but thankfully these are mostly all with stickers so I just watched TV while assembling all those books (I didn’t count but from my understanding between 250 and 280 books). Now there are some books with pages and I wish they would have used plain paper like I had at the wand shop. These are stickers and are a pain to fold and make it look decent. Should be plain paper that can be folded and glued. There are also some sticker curtains and it looks a bit cheesy but I didn’t have any other material at hand to make better ones so I used those. When it comes to the light string I would go ahead and tag all lights. At the end I got confused and thought I only had a six light string, but I forgot the light I put in right at the beginning where the globe will end up. And one light did not fit through the hole so I had to make it bigger. Overall I loved the build and I am proud of how it looks lit up.

This is the second book nook I’ve done - the first one was the tower of Barad-Dur from LOTR, which was insanely hard. Compared to that one, this was much easier. The quality of the cuts in the pieces seemed nice and aside from occasionally having a hard time snapping something in, the overall assembly was pretty easy. There is an awful lot of gluing in this one as well. The instructions are not great - English is not the original language, so some of the translations are a little odd. There is very little instructional text (mostly images). In the beginning, they have you put stickers on some parts. They included piece numbers for everything except the books, which left me very confused…but I ended up finding instructions for those like 5 pages later. Another issue is that they have a glue symbol in steps that use glue, but they don’t tell you which pieces to glue together. And there were a few steps that had the symbol but shouldn’t and vice versa. Fortunately, the assembly was easy enough to understand even with the poor instructions and it turned out great! Overall, great buy!

This is an intimidating book nook that has a lot of parts however thankfully, the instructions were very easy to follow and clear and the parts were clearly labeled so that makes it manageable. It does take some time to get this all set up but once you get in the flow of things the whole experience is rather positive and calming and makes it a very nice activity to share with the kids or with that significant other. I like the fact that this one comes in different designs so you can collect an entire set. The parts seem to fit well enough. The included glue seems to be sufficient at least in my experience and this is something that I enjoyed working on.

I built this nook (my first) as a gift. The directions were in clear and color, with a QR code giving an option to watch video instructions. The pieces were colored on both sides,easy to remove from the backing, and all tabs fit snugly into their proposed slots without being too difficult to set into place. The enclosed glue, tweezers, and sandpaper took the guesswork out of what would work best for this build and the stickers were all sized correctly and easy to apply. The electronics were easy to manipulate (I also took the liberty of labeling the instructions with each applicable color) and worked without needing to fidget with them or reset them. Overall this was a great build and fun to boot. Taking my time while watching TV I finished in about 4 hours. The recipient of this nook loves it.

What a beautiful product. This is the third book nook I've built, the first one of this brand. If I rated it on the beautifully elegant laser cut elements alone I would give it 5 stars. You have to be careful though. Some of the elements are so delicate that they could easily break. Be prepared to proceed slowly and with care. The kit lost a star because of the inconsistency of the fit of the various pieces. Many of the internal structural pieces fit so loosely that I ended up glueing them. If someone bumped the table they were in danger of collapsing. Most of the furniture pieces fit snuggly but a few of those required glue for stability as well. The outer shell fits together very snuggly which was something of a relief when I got there. Thankfully this kit does include glue. Despite these annoyances I would definitely purchase this item again.