Historical Tour de Genre discussion

My five-star review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

My five-star review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

True Grit by Charles Portis
3.5 stars

Under full disclosure --- I'm not a fan of westerns, movies or books. I have not seen either movie made from this book. This was the June pick for my F2F bookclub. I ended up liking the book --- it's probably a 3.5 for me rather than a full 4. The story is told from the perspective of Mattie Ross, a 14 year old girl, who is trying to avenge the death of her father. There is a lot of humor, but also a lot of violence. I found the pacing to be a bit off --- sometimes very quick but there were some lags, but it is a short book so a very quick read for me.