True Grit

Recently, I read True Grit by Charles Portis. This was a book about a girl, Mattie Ross, whose father was murdered. She then sets out to get him and get justice served. She hires Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn to help get him. A Texan also hires him to hunt down the same guy. The three eventually set out, more or less together, and they go and capture a few outlaws. They try to get another group of famous outlaws, but it doesn't really work, and the outlaws attack them. They both regroup and eventually stand off again, but this time the lawmen win, and justice is served. This book is written in a way that seems exactly like the time period. By this I mean that, though the apostrophes aren't often in place like they would be back then, the words do seem to be correct, and in some cases, it seems like they are speaking a different language. The characters are also really well developed. By this I mean that they have their habits that they have throughout the book and that you learn a lot about their past in the book, even though the book is only about 220 pages. I really enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to pretty much everybody, though I think that people who like action book will be most likely to like it.