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...
Having recently watched John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit", I looked up some information about the movie. I discovered it was based on a book, so hence my trip to the library to procure same.The movie is VERY faithful to the book, which I like. Scenes are taken almost verbatim from the p...
This book is, without a doubt, an American classic. I was entranced by this tale of 14-year-old Mattie Ross, who is determined to bring her father’s killer to justice. This is one of those novels I was sorry to see end, and had the urge to immediately reread.
i enjoyed this book quite a lot, especially the character of mattie ross: what a firecracker she is, and only 14 years old! i could have told her she was never going to get married, even before i read about the stump arm, and convalescent mother -- i guess that's why she lists her intelligence and...
Read this for a class, but it really was incredibly enjoyable. Works as a straight-up revenge and adventure story, and also on many a level more than that. All in a very short book with a very distinctive and funny voice.No time to write a longer review, but it's great!
Excellent read. I would have given this a 5 star but I felt it could have been fleshed out a bit. The movie holds pretty true to the book but there a few minor deviations made to make the movie more "viewable".
Now I can say I've read a western. This is a decent story with excellent use of first-person narration--the whole book is essentially a monologue and that's well-done. I don't have much to say about it though; don't think I'll be seeking out any more westerns any time soon.
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