havespacesuitwilltravel 's review for:

How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn

5.0

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A beautiful coming of age story in an early 20th century Welsh coal mining village. The story has all the hallmarks of a classic coming of age tale but it’s not the plot that makes this such a classic, it’s Llewelyn’s rich almost lyrical prose. Llewelyn pens more brilliant lines in one chapter than most authors do in their whole career. I really wish I had kept a notebook with me while reading to capture them. He has a talent for capturing indescribable innermost feelings and truths. Nostalgia leaps off the page and reminds the reader that the beauty of yesteryear is no less beautiful for being gone. Should’ve been called How good was my book.