A review by stacielouise
The Book: A Cover-To-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston

informative slow-paced

3.0

I thought the topic was really interesting. The beginning and the end had the most engaging information, while the middle felt bogged down in a lot of technical jargon and explanations. I'm sure if I were more familiar with book binding, these sections wouldn't have felt as slow and difficult for me. Since I know very little, it was hard to picture everything the author was referring to. I would have liked for diagrams and visuals as reference. It's been a while since I've read such a technical non-fiction, and I think that's another reason I felt bogged down in the middle of the book. I think anyone with an interest in the history of how books came to be made, who perhaps have some working knowledge of modern bookmaking, would enjoy this a lot.