Title: Interesting stuff but extremely poorly organized
Product review: As a person interested in history, a person interested in technology and most importantly a person interested in tools, I really thought this book would be right up my alley. The history of the screwdriver and the screw is full of really interesting tidbits, plot twists and characters.Rybczynski does a great job of digging into the history of these seminal inventions and figuring out exactly where they came from. However, this is one of the most poorly organized books I have read in the last year. Instead of telling the reader the story as it happened, Rybczynski instead tells the story of his investigation of the history of the screwdriver. He jumps from the 19th century to the 15th and back again, making it really hard to follow. This book took a really fascinating story and killed it through a terrible presentation.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
