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True Grit
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This slender 1968 novel surprised me by being funny. Not outrageously funny, not slyly funny, but dead-pan-I'm-not-going-to-spell-it-out-for-you-funny. The subtly smirking dialog-heavy action made short work of an already short book. Mattie is a crotchety and impossible teen narrator, and there are few truly happy endings on the old open range, but I was still left ruefully smiling.
True Grit is nearly three quarters of a century old, with all the caveats that come with that, but if you're a critical and considering reader, it's a fine way to spend an afternoon, loping in the company of the extremely memorable Mattie Ross.
True Grit is nearly three quarters of a century old, with all the caveats that come with that, but if you're a critical and considering reader, it's a fine way to spend an afternoon, loping in the company of the extremely memorable Mattie Ross.
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April 24, 2022
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April 24, 2022
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May 2, 2022
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recommended
May 2, 2022
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adult
May 2, 2022
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May 05, 2022 09:44AM
And as you know, two good movies have been made. I saw the newer one and loved it but then wondered about the original and saw it, not expecting much. It too was quite good. In both, Mattie is a force of nature.
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