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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
A good, quick read. Indeed, it's the first western I've ever been able to finish. Usually I don't have the patience for them. (Lonesome Dove is more potent than Ambien for me.) I enjoyed True Grit, but have the feeling that it won't necessarily be a book that sticks with me as one of my favorites.
If you need something fast and easy to read on the bus or at the beach, or if you're just one of those people who (like me) likes to read the books before seeing the movies as often as you can, it's worth a look.
If you need something fast and easy to read on the bus or at the beach, or if you're just one of those people who (like me) likes to read the books before seeing the movies as often as you can, it's worth a look.
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Not sure why anyone thought there should be a movie of this. It’s all about that voice.
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
tense
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Mattie Ross is a girl on a mission... to bring her father's murderer, Tom Chaney, to justice. To do so, she hires the only man around she feels has "true grit," U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn, a one-eyed drunkard renowned as much for his ability to catch a criminal as for the high mortality rate incurred by many of those same criminals. Joined by Texas Ranger LaBouef who has been on Chaney's trail for other crimes, the three head into Indian Territory in Oklahoma to find the illusive criminal and bring him back, preferably alive, but dead wouldn't be bad either.
Told from the point of view and in the voice of Mattie Ross, this is an amazingly well told story that can easily resonate with almost any aged reader. Mattie's outlook on life is not necessarily what you might expect from a 14-year-old. She has lived through things that most people four times her age may never see and it shows in her take-no-crap attitude and willingness to put herself out there to get a task done. I really enjoyed reading it and got it done in a single day, albeit because I was in an airport and on a couple of flights at the time.
I highly recommend it to just about anyone.
Told from the point of view and in the voice of Mattie Ross, this is an amazingly well told story that can easily resonate with almost any aged reader. Mattie's outlook on life is not necessarily what you might expect from a 14-year-old. She has lived through things that most people four times her age may never see and it shows in her take-no-crap attitude and willingness to put herself out there to get a task done. I really enjoyed reading it and got it done in a single day, albeit because I was in an airport and on a couple of flights at the time.
I highly recommend it to just about anyone.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No