Portis does such an amazing job of delivering first person narration in Mattie Ross' unique voice that it is easy to forget that this is a work of fiction and not an actual first hand account.
Several things drew me to this book. First, the Coen brothers decided to do an adaptation of this book and second, some good friends wrote some fantastic reviews of it.Because they did such a good job of telling what the book was about, I won't go into much detail, but I will talk a little bit abou...
I was curious to read this because it is the basis of the films. Even though the back cover has all sorts of praise remarks from reviews and claims sales of about 1.5 million books, I was not really impressed. It is not a bad book; it just is not that great, and I am betting the film makers probably...
I love Mattie Ross so much. She might be one of my favourite narrators of all time. Her no nonsense bravery and occasional bouts of righteous indignation are equal parts hilarious and heartwarming, as is the relationship she builds with Rooster and Laboeuf. She's just a kid but she's stronger, witti...
This book has a solid, well-paced plot, strong characters, good old Old Testament morality and a potent dose of humor, but what really made "True Grit" for me was the language. I loved the dialogue, the deadpan delivery, the idiom and simple sentence structure. There's nothing fancy going on here; d...
I love this book! A girl's adventure story that is fantastic! And funny - the narrator is so whip smart and is so sure that she has everyone around her figured out and then some. Also, don't miss Donna Tartt's excellent afterword in the new edition. And unusual but true, I loved the movie too (the C...
I'm almost done, and I'm a little baffled: it it supposed to be a comic novel? Or are his other books comic? I like it well enough, but it seems mighty realistic about war and hunting down killers and so forth. Fun facts: an (uncommon) family name shows up on the third page. And later on, the J...
Very spare style, told from Mattie's view, that suits the material well. Even though I haven't seen the original, it's difficult not to picture John Wayne in the role of Rooster. This detracts a bit from the enjoyment of the book; no fault of the author or text.
Great story with a wonderful, courageous, young female protagonist, which you don't see too often in Westerns. After her father is shot down by a low-down coward while on a trip to Fort Smith, 14-year old Mattie Ross courageously sets out on an adventure deep into Indian territory to avenge him, wi...
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