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A review by dreaj
True Grit by Charles Portis
5.0
Read for 52 Book Club Challenge 2024 #20 A revenge story.
This book kept coming up on lists of best revenge stories and I can see why. Never thought I would read, never mind recommend, a classic Western but this book was brilliant. It is written from the POV of a 14-year-old girl, who one reviewer compared to Scout Finch & Huckleberry Finn. I would agree - she is resolute, resourceful and deadpan funny as she doggedly seeks revenge for the killing of her father, in the company of hired morally dubious law men, who end up with a begrudging respect for her. One of the most surprisingly good reads of the years.
This book kept coming up on lists of best revenge stories and I can see why. Never thought I would read, never mind recommend, a classic Western but this book was brilliant. It is written from the POV of a 14-year-old girl, who one reviewer compared to Scout Finch & Huckleberry Finn. I would agree - she is resolute, resourceful and deadpan funny as she doggedly seeks revenge for the killing of her father, in the company of hired morally dubious law men, who end up with a begrudging respect for her. One of the most surprisingly good reads of the years.