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 taste. The history of the screwdriver and the screw is full of really interesting tidbits, plot twists and characters. Rybczynski did 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 organised books I have read in this year. Instead of telling the reader the story as it happened, Rybczynski 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.
I believe this book took a really fascinating approach and killed it through a terrible presentation.
