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marycat203 's review for:
True Grit
by Charles Portis
This is another book I can thank the brilliant critics on the #NewYorkTimesBookReview podcast for recommending. Westerns are not my usual genre, but I loved the voice of the narrator, spinster Mattie Ross telling the story of avenging her father’s murder when she was just 14 years old. She hires a one-eyed marshal named Rooster Cogburn, a man with “true grit,” and insists on joining the hunt for the killer across the wilderness of Arkansas and Texas.
If you’ve heard critics talk about “voice” and wondered what they meant, this book is a perfect example. The style is stilted in a way that gives it historic authenticity, and Mattie’s strong, independent personality – confident to the point of cockiness -- shines through in every well-chosen word.
If you’ve heard critics talk about “voice” and wondered what they meant, this book is a perfect example. The style is stilted in a way that gives it historic authenticity, and Mattie’s strong, independent personality – confident to the point of cockiness -- shines through in every well-chosen word.