Donna Tartt's reading is a delight everyone deserves to hear.

I had enjoyed both films and assumed the book would hold nothing in particular for me because of it and I have seldom been so wrong in my life. The terminator has nothing on Mattie Ross. Her tenacity and practically is a gift to all, and an especial gift to little girls who fall shy of feminine ideals. She would be an utter pain in the ass to deal with and watching various men, nice and nasty alike, be forced to do so will have you kicking your feet in glee. This also serves to slyly endear Mattie to the reader so that we, like her impromptu marshal and Texas Ranger guardians/business partners, are put in real fear on the handful of occasions she comes to danger. A fantastic adventure for all ages.

Note that while Mattie is relatively progressive in her views on Indigenous, Mexican, and Black people, as well as immigrants and the Civil War, their treatment in this book does reflect the time in which it was written (1968), and set (1877).