A review by georgina_bawden
True Grit by Charles Portis

5.0

I enjoyed this so much I would have turned it over and started again if Jimmy hasn't stolen it to read herself. I wish I'd read this book as a child when I was being traumatised by Steinbeck instead. Mattie is a force, a single-minded, practical, stubborn, occasionally accidentally comical force. The Coen Brothers film is a wonderfully faithful adaptation but despite knowing the plot the book still gripped me, largely because of Mattie's first person narration. Well worth reading. A new favourite.