 Here's an extra review I'm throwing in for this month since this isn't science fiction I'm never really going to come up with an excuse to present this So I'm just gonna throw it in while I'm thinking about it true grit is a 1968 novel by Charles Portis I read this book after seeing the 2010 film by the Coen brothers Westerns and historical fiction are generally not my kind of thing But this was so well written if you liked the 2010 film I believe you will enjoy the original novel the stilted dry dialogue and the Stoicism of the characters it comes directly from the novel from Charles Portis's style In case you don't know true grit is the story of a 14-year-old girl named Maddie Ross in The 1880s post civil war whenever She's looking to avenge the murder of her father And she goes in search of a lawman or a bounty hunter to hire and she eventually comes across a messed up old drunken Marshall named Rooster Cogburn who Nevertheless impresses her with having the quote true grit needed to embark on such a journey the 1969 movie starring John Wayne Is embarrassingly bad and I recommend you avoid it the 2010 Film by the Coen brothers corrects all the problems of the first film and really captures the spirit and the style of The original novel although I have to tell you there are a number of key memorable scenes from the film That didn't happen in the book a Coen brothers just invented them This also gives me the opportunity to bring up the other Charles Portis novel I read after that I enjoyed the style of true grit so much that I got a copy of his 1985 book Masters of Atlantis and While this had the same writing style the the same dry delivery and the non-emotional characters The story wasn't much to tell about it didn't really have anything to do with Atlantis I mean of course I bought it because of the title. It's about an American servicemen stationed in Eastern Europe during World War one Greece or Turkey I think he encounters a street beggar who gives him a handwritten book that contains a very detailed and believable account of a phony religion that supposedly handed down from the original rulers of Atlantis This guy takes it home with him to America He and a handful of his fellow servicemen Establish it as a real religion. They never really develop a following and The story just follows them throughout their lives When they retire having really not accomplished anything the the story never really goes anywhere and nothing much happens But I think really that's kind of the point of the story It was readable because of Charles Portis's style and the humor of his writing But it's not really something I recommend that you run out and buy but read true grit. You'll like it Please remember to press that like button it helps my videos get seen and then subscribe so you can come back next time I do science fiction book TV and movie reviews all the time and please consider becoming a patron There's a link in the description below