"Wagner's tone is tough but heartfelt, his story palatable. The book is like a long evening around the campfire: you sit with Wagner and listen to the stories... The conveyor belts in the Pott have long since stopped. In the old collieries, there are musicals instead of hard work. But Wagner has not written a nostalgic book about how everything used to be better. Instead, he exudes pure joie de vivre... His message: the past was fun - let's preserve some of it for the future."
(Lars Friedrich, Welt online)