morninglightmama 's review for:

True Grit: A Novel by Charles Portis

4.0

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Never in a million years would I have picked up this almost-50-year-old novel on my own. When it was announced last month for the next book club reading, I inwardly groaned, sad that I would miss a month of drinking wine and talking books with this cool group. But, then I thought that I should just give it a try, especially when I heard our host say that it's actually a little humorous. I borrowed it from the library, and when I started reading it, I was shocked to find that I didn't want to stop! I actually enjoyed this for its narrator character, a feisty and strong teenage girl whose inherent strengths were clearly not typical at the time. Her portrayal like this surprised me from a male author in the 1960s. I'm looking forward to watching the more recent film adaptation as I've heard that it sticks closely to the book's telling of the story.