While this is a fictional account of self-harm, I felt that it was a fair portrayal of the main character who is attempting to deal with familial issues the best way she knows how. I have read horrendous books that were intended to have the same effect that this story had...and from my reading (so far) this story is the closest that I have found to reality. Yes, Callie has problems...Yes, she hurts herself... but she is not hollow. She is just a normal teenage girl who doesn't know how to cope with the emotions that she is feeling.
I can say that as a current recovering harmer (I am 29 now...I have harmed for 17 years), this book most closely resembles my experiences with self-harm...including the confusion and frustration that you feel. The alienation that you go through...when you harm and while you are trying to recover. This book shows that it's not as simple as just stopping.
I felt that the other characters were inconsequential to the underlying message that this book was sending out. Yes, the other characters are a catalyst to Callie's road to recovery...but their influence in minimal. I think that this too is an accurate depiction of how relationships can be when on is trying to recover from this particular illness. One doesn't just open up to anyone and everyone they meet...
While this is a fictional piece, I felt that Callie was not an "overdone" character. McCormick focuses mainly on Callie's introspection about her problem, and not so much about the problem itself, which is a crucial part of the healing process.
I recommend this book to people who are looking for fictional piece that gives a fair portrayal of a young lady who self-harms.

Bad back lash! As a cutter myself for 8yrs before I discovered this book in school on day in middle school incouraged by teachers I was horrified. I've had many emotional problems and I refuse to read this book. My problem is that it is being given to suck a young group of people. I remeber because of this book my friend started cutting. Stupid right. The book is being taken to seriously by the youth but the education of the topic is good.

This was a good book in the way that it was well written. She writes with ease that makes your eyes fly over the words of the page at a good rate, and it doesn't clutter itself up with pretentious words. I liked the main character Callie, but her reasons for cutting do not seem justified. I also would have liked to see a little bit more information about the other girls in the hospital with her. It seemed like one could go on so many different ways with them. For a first novel, not bad. For me spending my money on it, I'm not impressed.

This book's popularity is mainly based on the fact it was a semi-good novel about self-harm when it has become more common, and alientated teenagers flock to anything that will make them feel understood. Any parents should know that this book does NOT glorify self harm in any way, and if your kid believes that this book does so, they are too impressionable and a little stupid. This book is narrated by a self-harmer and since it is in the voice of a self-harmer she is obviously addicted to the act and fantasizes about hurting herself and thinks it will make her feel better because that is HOW self harmers think. This is extremely similar to how a drug addict would talk about their drug of choice and how they think it will make them feel better. If you have a very impressionable, naive kid don't let them read it. But if you have a smart kid that is aware of mental illnesses and twisted thought processes this is fine. For teens interested in this, it's ok. It's def blown out of proportion and like I said it's popular because it was published at the right time when the demand was high. If you are a self-harmer it might be good to relate to, but you can tell that the the woman writing it never actually experienced self-harm herself. Crosses by Shelley Stoher is better, but nearly unheard of because it was written years ago when self-harm was still rare. The Luckiest Girl in the World by Steven Levenkron is also pretty good.

As it's written from a 'cutter's' perspective, I was hoping for a little more insight. But it was interesting and taught me a lot about some of the deep psychological problems girls can get into.

Cut by Patricia McCormick is a quick and brilliant book that deals with a teenage girl named Callie who cuts herself whenever she feels depressed or overwhelmed. I read this book about six years ago and I still think about this harrowing piece of teen literature since. The main character refuses to talk to her therapist since she cannot cut, the only power she has left is her refusal to communicate. Callie is a very bright, sensitive girl but her pain is so deep-rooted and that's why she is a cutter. Great book for young girls to read, I highly recommend this page turner, enjoy!

This book was an interesting read. It held my interest, and was entertaining. It wasn't a bad book. I liked the story line. The only thing that made me give this book three stars instead of five is that I think people who do cut could write a more truthful story. This story is not based on first hand experience. Having gone through cutting, I know that a person who knows firsthand how a "cutter" feels could write a more in depth and captivating story. This, of course, is not the author's fault. A good book by a person who did their research. I liked it.

I have read this book many times. The first time I read it, I was an angsty teenager curious about the methods others utilized to "escape" their pain. Reading "Cut" did not make me want to run out and injure myself; in fact, it actually removed any naive idea I might have had about the therapeutic effects of self-mutilation. It is both irresponsible and ignorant to blame a novel for what is a manifestation of deep psychological pain. If your child is hypersensitive or especially susceptible to imitating peers, you know that and maybe you should at least peruse the books they will be reading (if you believe that they could be harmful). Having said that, teens are notorious for craving experiences, harmful though they may be. One of the great things about books is that they provide a gateway to vicarious "thrills." If a teenager wants to know, for example, what it feels like to get high, a well-written novel about the effects (good and bad) of drug abuse may satisfy his curiousity without the nasty repercussions of addiction and possible death. "Cut" does portray the attractions of self-mutilation; after all, if there were none, no one would do it. But the book is also very responsible in illustrating that the benefits of cutting are very short-lived, and that it is extremely unhealthy; Callie, and everyone she comes into contact with, understands that she is very sick and needs help so that she no longer feels the need to harm herself. Rather than advocating self-mutilation, "Cut" directs readers to seek help and communicate when there is a problem they feel they cannot live with.

I used to have a similar problem, so I was immediately drawn to this book. However, I was a little disappointed because the story was mostly about what was happening in the institution. I wish it was more focused on Callie and her life at home. After reading the book, I still felt like I didn't know her as well as I should have. It could have been a lot better, but I still enjoyed reading it.

In first grade I started at a new school. I was the new kid. I was out of my comfort zone. I didnt want to be there, and that was final. Cut, by Patricia McCormick is spoken throug a girl named Callie, who cuts herself, and is sent to a rehabilitation center, called Sea Pines (or as Callie calls it, Sick Minds.) She does not want to be there. She does not even speak to her group therapy mates(with whom she spends most of her time with) who have tried to reach out to her on other occasions, to make her realize that she is not they are all there for a reason ("you really don't understand do you? we all do things"). cut demonstrates the hardships that one puts themself through when you have a closed mind. Callie feels like she is out of her element, so she closes herself off to her world, and Sea Pines. When Callie Cuts herself deep while she is at sick minds, she gets help for her wound, and finaly talks to the therapist after the incident. That is when Callie decides to make a change.
Read cut if you are ready to dive into a world where everyone has a problem, and everyone is there to fix there own. Cut is a story about an outsider, who shuts herself away from people, because of her embarrassment, and reluctance to make a change. Beware if you are a reader who is weak at heart: there are a few graphic scenes, but nothing too gory, or totaly disturbing.

I'm not going to make this long, but here goes:

The plot for this book is not horrible, but it resonates Girl, Interrupted - which is annoying, to say the least, because it doesn't seem original. Second, she never really goes into the actual cutting, explains the emotions, or educates in any way - which only shows her lack of research. I found this unbelievably disappointing - being a recovering cutter myself, I found it interesting that somebody would go to all the trouble to write a book and not make it accurate.

I wouldn't recommend this book to anybody who's looking for an idea of what cutting is really about, or to educate themselves about this disorder.

CUT is an amazing first novel by Patricia McCormick that offers a glimpse inside the mind of a 15-year-old girl who cuts herself. For Callie, life just became too complicated. The solution lay right in front of her. One tiny cut. A bubble of red. And yes, pain. Then, escape.

Callie now resides at Sea Pines with several other girls seeking treatment for a myriad of other disorders. She goes to group share time, hooks her sleeves over her thumbs, and hides behind her hair. She sees her counselor twice a day and counts the stripes on the wallpaper. But Callie doesn't share. With anyone. Not even when her mother and little brother visit.

Callie can't bring herself to speak. Instead she watches, and listens. She knows everything about her group mates. But they know nothing about this girl who won't talk. Then, when Amanda joins the group and brazenly flaunts her own scars, it becomes more difficult for Callie to remain silent. And as she begins to speak, she slowly finds she doesn't want to keep it all inside. She wants to get better.

Callie is a bright girl that the reader will easily identify with. You'll care for her the same way she cares about the others at Sea Pines. And you'll be amazed when you find out what started it all; that it's an entire family in pain, not just Callie. She'll make you cry, and make you laugh some, and in the end you'll feel so proud of her progress.

Cutting is a very real issue for teens. Many, like Callie, don't even know themselves why they do it. CUT is an honest look at how cutting can consume a young person. If you know someone who cuts, share this book with them. Let them know they can find help. They can stop. This is a gusty novel that you won't want to put down until you're sure Callie is safe.

Reviewed by: Cana Rensberger

Whoy won't she talk? No one really knows, except for herself. Callie's a runner. When she starts to run she never wants to stop. She loses herself.
She starts to do destructive things to herself, she cuts. It's never too much to kill her, but just enough to relieve the pressure. her parents find out and send her to Sea Pines, or ad the other people call it, Sick Minds. All of the other gilrs there have problems too like eating disorders and drug addictions, but Callie isn't like the other girls. They all go to therapy to help them get better, but for Callie, therapy doesnt work. the doctor tries to get her to tlak for a long time. eventually things get better at Sea Pines.

This is a semi-easy read. Its easy as in it's short and you can understand it. but somtimes it's hard to read about the things that Callie and the other girls do. If you get queasy, i woulndt read this book. It's meant for young adluts 13 or 14 and up.

Sadie Q.

In the story Cut, 15 year old Callie struggles with her addiction to cutting scars into her skin as a way of dealing with pain she feels. Her guilt from her brother's illness triggers her affliction and sends her to a treatment facility where she has to learn to speak and ask for help. Her battle with self mutilation develops into a must read for teens and parents alike. These days cutting and self mutilation is a real problem among teens and this book is a great depiction of the troubles that come along with it. The problem is real and I've seen it first hand and it needs to be addressed more since people usually don't talk about it. This book did a great job in communicating a serious message and for that I give it 5 stars.

A.E.

I love Young Adult books, but this subject matter is heavier than most and doesn't fully explore the Self-Mutilation issue. Speaking in a first person account, teen Callie is in a mental care facility for treatment for cutting herself. She has stopped talking and refuses to participate with either her counselor or groups. With the threat of being turned out, Callie comes to the realization that to be healed, she must come to terms with her chaotic family life and heal some old wounds.

This book is an excellent read for teens. I would recommend it to any parent of a teenage girl. The story moves very quickly but it gives some really good insight into what happens in the minds of victims of an illness like this.

I thought the story that happened at 'Sick Minds' was good, but the main character's story was bad. The ending left much to be desired, and it seemed that the main character never really had much of a change.

This book is staying in my library so that it can circulate to the people who need to read it: anyone who might encounter a teenager who is suffering the way the protagonist suffered. Anyone who might encounter an adult who is or who has suffered in this way. Anyone who is going through this themselves.
Reading about cutting in the clinical and self help literature was fine but this book did an excellent job of creating sympathy and understanding.
One quibble: The trauma that precipitated our protagonist to cut herself didn't match up well to the trauma of other cutters. Perhaps this was deliberate so as to keep our attention on the recovery process, and not on the originating trauma itself. But it didn't ring quite true, the way the rest of the book (especially the other "guests" in "sick minds".)

I really enjoyed this book. I feel it is necessary for teens to read a book like this to understand different problems that can occur to people. Many teens judge others who experence the issues, like those in "Cut", and can really open your mind and heart. I enjoyed this book a lot and would definatly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Patricia McCormick wrote a very interesting novel on a girl who cuts herself. Callie, a young adult, blames herself for her families problems. Her brother Sam had really bad asthma, which makes her mother worried and always busy. Her dad has to work more so he can get more money to pay for everything. Callie lives at Sea Pines, or as the girls there call it "Sick Minds" rehabilatation center. At first Callie doesn't talk and doesn't care about cutting herself, but over time Callie starts talking to other people and another girl who cuts herself comes and tries to keep her down, but with the help of the other girls their and her pyschologist, Callie finally realizes that the problems at home are not her fault and finally wants to get better. Callie becomes closer to her dad and the rest of her family. Patricia's book was an easy which I would recommend because it shows the true meaning of family and how you shouldn't be so hard on yourself about problems.

Cut Review
By: Karly Iversen


Have you ever wondered what it would be like to cut yourself just because you hated your life? Have you ever wanted to ask that person why they do it or get into their head to understand? I have always wondered why someone would ever be truly upset enough to resort to that. By reading Patricia McCormick's mind blowing "Cut" all those questions are answered.
The story of Cut tells a story from the view of a teenage girl named Callie. This girl lives in a center for girls that have "issues." The center is called Sea Pines and she was sent there by her overprotective family because she cuts herself. She never does it to deep, but she likes the feeling and it's the only way for her to relieve some of pains of life. Callie hates the center she is at and she is forced to attend boring meetings with the other girls suffering from there own serious problems. The one thing that makes Callie so different from the other girls is that Callie never opens her mouth. She never talks. Not a single word to anyone.
When I read this book my favorite part was when Callie finally speaks. She goes to a counselor everyday at Sea Pines and the whole book is anticipating the day when Callie will break out of her shell and talk about her problems. I knew that if she never talked to anyone about her problem, it would just get worse. As the book goes on you start to really understand why she resorts to cutting and you wish she would just talk about it to others. When she starts to talk it is such a sigh of relief. It makes you wonder if she will ever get better and if she will ever stop the cutting.
Cut teaches a very valuable lesson for anyone who reads it. I really believe that the author is trying to get the point across to teenagers that if you have a problem similar to Callie's; you need to talk about it. I also think he wants other teens that might be going through something similar to know that others go through it too. This book shows that there are always people out there to help kids in need and there is always something whiling to talk about it.
This book really surprised me with how much I enjoyed reading it. When I first saw it I thought that it might scare me or gross me out, but it did the complete opposite. It made me connect and understand the life of someone who cuts them self. It made me think of how scary it would be to have cutting yourself as your comfort. It makes me feel sorry for someone who actually is that depressed with life. Since the whole book is on Callie's thoughts, you really get to know her. By the end you get so into it that you can't put it down. I felt like if I could have done anything to get her better, I would have done it in a second.
I would defiantly recommend this book to teenagers who are whiling to step out of the box and read about something you don't see in your everyday life. This book makes you think and it keeps getting better and better as the book goes on. If you are looking for a book that is different then the normal and so entraining that you don't want to put it down, then "Cut" is the right book for you.

Callie is no longer living at home. She used to live at home with her mother and her father and her little brother. Things were pretty tense there; her brother had serious asthma attacks that caused stress for the entire family. When he was sick or recovering, he and Callie's mom would sit together very quietly, and Callie would try her hardest to be perfect and quiet and to clean the house so her brother wouldn't get sick again from some sort of allergen.

The stress began to get to Callie, and she found release by cutting herself on her arms, causing bleeding and scarring that her family never noticed. It was Callie's way of dealing with what was going on in her life. Then a school nurse noticed, and Callie was sent to Sea Pines, aka Sick Minds, a treatment facility for girls with psychological problems. There are girls with eating disorders and drug problems, and girls with other assorted problems like Callie. Being in this facility is intended to make her better, but Callie just feels worse. She has stopped speaking entirely and spends her days in self-loathing and worry.

Then a new girl moves into the facility, a new girl who also cuts herself and doesn't seem to want to hide it. She is loud and brash, the total opposite of Callie, but can she be the one to stimulate Callie to talk and to start her recovery?

I liked the counselor with whom Callie meets. When Callie does talk to her, she really gets to the root of what Callie is saying, and seems to catch the really important things. I also liked the acceptance of all of the other girls in Callie's group. They were surprisingly tolerant of her silence, and then didn't seem to mind when she started speaking. I thought the interaction between Callie and her father was really good at the end of the book when she was finally able to let some of the guilt go.

In general, though, Callie's parents were pretty awful. I thought it was really sad that they didn't realize what was going on with their daughter and how awful and guilty she felt about her brother.

The story was written very simply...mostly in first person. Callie is taken to Sea Pines because of her self mutilation problem. She never cuts too deep, just deep enough to feel the sudden relief. She doesn't talk to anyone..not her psychiatrist, not her peers, not her parents. When a new girl arrives and shows off her scars, Callie begins to talk. She continues to get better and makes an effort at the end of the book, once she realizes what she's doing to herself is wrong. If you're expecting something hopeful and "good will overcome evil" then this is the book for you.

As a teacher of high school struggling readers, I am always looking for books that will interest them. Another teacher recommended this title and she was 100% correct. I try very hard to have a constant selection of high-interest books for my students. This one will need to be replaced soon because it's being read constantly.

I purchased this book and the other similiar ones at the request of my boyfriends daughter. I had been telling her how good reading is for you. I really don't condone the subject matter, and wish I had not ordered those kind of books for reading material. I hope she enjoyed them. I will never know. She never thanked me or mentioned it again.

At 29 I was in the same place as Callie. This is a truely realistic look at what cutting is like and the difficulty of reaching an understanding of what causes it and making a choice to heal. I rarely cry when reading, but at age 45, it brought a reminder of my world then and the knowledge of how far I've come in my life. Thank you Ms. McCormick!

I thought this book was just okay. It went into detail about a lot of things that weren't relevant to the story. I think this book would be better for a teenager than an adult. It was only 130 some pages and I read it all in one night. I wish she would have went on with the story and explained what happened to Callie.

Cut is very realistic and certainly one of the best books I've read in recent memory. While not as good as McCormick's recent Sold, Cut is regardless a personal and smart view of 15-year-old Callie's steps down the road to self-destruction. Encouragement from other girls and gentle guidance from the staff of the institute she is staying at, Sea Pines, are all that keep her from surrenduring her life. But she hates it so much, she won't even speak.

Patricia McCormick is a great author, and she earned my respect with Sold. Now that I have read this, that respect is double. She has a real gift for description and putting the readers right inside Callie's consciousness. As the story progresses, we see her reasons for cutting herself, and her steady journey out of the closet, influenced greatly by the arrival of another girl with the same dangerous habit. The narration she gives recalling her experiences is so authentic - I was pulled in, and felt like I was the one with the blade against my wrist.

While the book, like Sold, does end on a seemingly positive cliffhanger, the middle of the book is what really makes it so compelling. Callie discovers shocking secrets about the other girls in her therapy group, and their struggles only make her feel more lost and alone. But finally she gains her footing and the dynamic of the book changes steadily, until a heartbreaking conclusion that lets readers know Callie is ready to change herself.

I have only one gripe about this book: Callie's individual therapy sessions, which are written in second-person. Callie refers to her psychologist as "you", and the reader is supposed to be the one treating her. While this technically should make one feel more involved as they read, it only ends up akward and strange. It makes the book seem less approachable as opposed to more.

Cut is nonetheless another triumph for Patricia McCormick, and a sturdy debut compared to the early work of some of my other favorite authors. While this was not the first book of hers I read, it is just as clever, unique, and believable.

This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It deals with hard issues honestly without being preachy. I could relate to the main character and the ending was good without being too happy that it would be unrealistic. I think that everyone who is interested in psychology should read this.

This is the story of a 15-year old cutter, named Callie. The story is written in a journal-esque style. As it begins we find Callie in a treatment facility and refusing to speak about what's going on with her. She is surrounded by girls with eating disorders and drug abuse issues, and as is often the case with cutters, the doctors don't know what to do with her.

I think McCormick did an excellent job with this story. It's short and geared toward the teen and I think it's fitting for the audience. It focuses on Callie's personal thinkings as she goes through therapy and interacts with the others there, as well as with her family when they visit or call. We see snippets into her life and start to understand some of what's going on with her.

But the real point of this story is that Callie learns that she does actually want to get better. She is not healed in this book. There's no magical wand that waves over her head and POOF, she's all better. It takes us through her journey of understanding this first step. She is able to say, "I want to get better." And that is key.

I'm amazed how in such a short read, I found myself attached to each character in this story. I believe it's the subtleties of compassion throughout that brought me there.

Other points that I liked...First, I liked that she mentioned that cutters are not necessarily suicidal. When a second cutter arrives in group we find out she was placed there because they feared she was suicidal. This girl was also more free with who saw her scars, somewhat of an opposite in that respect to Callie. It was interesting to see such differences between the two. Fitting.

And lastly, I liked that Callie's problems had nothing to do with sexual abuse. Too often, books on this subject center around that as the cause, with a footnote citing that there can be other reasons people turn to cutting. Here, that is very much not the case.

All in all...well done.

This book was an engaging, easy read. It would be great for an adolescent. But, it doesn't go deep enough into what is going on in her head, or how she gets out of it. It's a good book for younger readers, but older readers will not be satisfied.

...but for a good reason. I myself have struggled with cutting, and this book is so amazingly accurate in its portrayal of this condition. The character of Callie was so realistic that I felt for her, and really wished I could be there to give her a hug and reassure her (though I can tell that I myself need some reassurance as well). I loved this book and would definitely recommend it to cutters and non-cutters alike.

I read this book in High School years ago, and wound up doing an extensive report on it. The story was completely off subject of what we were assigned, but I made it relatable and showed that it has such a positive message. I read it in one sitting and was amazed by the storyline and how much it sounded like myself at the time. Like most teens stories such as this, they're relatable to teen minds. I knew a lot of people who were into self mutilation and it truly opened my eyes. Patricia McCormick wrote this story carefully so that it is very real, but not too detailed.

*Callie is a 15 year old girl who seems like any other teenager. She lives with her "normal" family (parents and younger brother). Callie participates in High School activities, such as running track. While to most people, she seems like the average teenager, she's not. Callie suffers and deals with a painful secret; she cuts herself. This becomes discovered by the school nurse. Her parents have to make a decision on how to deal with this, resulting in Callie being sent for help and treatment. She's sent to a treatment facility called Sea Pines AKA Sick Minds. Callie meets other girls there similar to herself. Some of them dealing with eating disorders, drug dependence, and behavioural issues. When Callie arrives it's clear she's very quiet, unresponsive and keeps herself withdrawn from everyone, even her psychiatrist. Although she does listen to the other girls speak of their issues. They all believe they're not doing anything wrong and are in control. Gradually things change. When another girl arrives who also cuts herself and reveals her scars, Callie sees her problem and understands it more clearly. After the story goes on, it is revealed that in Callie's care, her brother Ben nearly died of liver failure. Her mother was not around and her father was out at a bar. This is an event that really traumatized her. More revelation shows that her parents being unavailable was truly a situation of family dysfunction. She blames herself but decides to get help for her cutting problem after being threatened to be expelled from Sea Pines. She then confronts her family about internal problems, and her healing finally begins.*

This extraordinary novel should be read by all teenagers. It has a great message. The story does not at all promote cutting, nor does it go into detail of it. It speaks of a girl with a disorder, just like many real teens do. Whether you are dealing with a serious issue or not, it will open your eyes. I couldn't recommend this book anymore than I do!

I picked up this book because I liked the way it looked but after I started reading it I realized it was so much more... I myself had been hospitalized in a psychiatric ward for teens for cutting so it felt like someone finally understood me, what I had become, how much it hurt just waking up in the morning. So needless to say I love this book and most likely always will because it helped me when nothing else could... ~Tab~

This book is amazing! I've read it many times. The main character is interesting and not the "typical troubled teen." It also isn't one of those fairy tale stories where the main character realizes how wrong what they are doing is. The story is very actual (I've spent time in an RTF and this experiance is almost the exact same as mine). It's good for anyone who has a loved one that is a cutter; however, I don't recommend it for someone that is currently trying to recover from self-injuring because it may be triggering.

The book Cut is a good book to read if you are going threw the same as Callie the main Character. Callies way of dealing with things going in her life but cutting herself. I thought that cut was an extremly good book. I felt like i could connect to what Callie was going threw.

The book Cut is good for anyone who likes books about over coming problems. If you like other books by Patricia McCormick like my brother's keeper, Cut is right for you. In my opinion this book was dry and boring in many places. But there were some parts, you had to keep reading.


-KB-

Ms. Greco loves hamburgers?

Massive

This book was about a girl named Carmen who had moved from Yorkshire, England to Birmingham, England with her mother. Her parents had just gotten a divorce and moved with her mother. Carmen `s mother was an anorexic and bulimic who weighed 87 pounds when she went to the hospital for her condition. Eventually, that started to rub off onto Carmen and she began to stop eating and throwing up whatever she did eat. Later on, she began eating again and started to become healthier, but her mother did not and was still obsessed with her weight. I thought this book was tremendous and very powerful. I would recommend it to everyone.


Sierra E.

Ms. Greco loves hamburgers?

This is a book about a fifteen-year old girl named Callie who cuts herself. She is sent to a treatment facility by her mother and father. As she struggles with her family and her counselor, she still found little things to cut herself with and doesn't talk to anyone. After a while, she begins to talk to her counselor and figures out why she cuts herself. She also begins to talk to people more often and at the end of the book, she is still at the facility, but she is getting better with everyday. This was also a powerful book and I would recommend it to anyone who might understand.


Sierra E.

Hey hey hey, I definitely recommend the book Cut by Patricia McCormick to anyone who is or was having troubles in their lives. It tells of how Callie is a wrist cutter and, she goes to Sea Pines to get some "serious" help. She soon discoveries that her life was only horrible because she made it that way. She is now having a positive outlook on the world.
So no matter how horrible your life is, it's only that way because you make it that way, and your life could change in a matter of moments, just like Callie. That is why I really recommend this book to all of your troubled teens.

this book was one of the best that i have ever read when it comes to the details. i was first drawn to the book because i can realate to it, as i cut myself. the emotions the main character feels, both when she cuts and when she doesnt are so right on the money. i honestly thought that the author was previously/currently a cutter herself because i have never know anyone to be able to explain what is felt when you cut as well as was described in the book. i gladly gave to book 5 stars

This book was really incedible. It just grabbed your attention and made the reader feel as if they were there witnessing, and maybe even participating, in this story. With the descriptive details and realistic events, it is quite a remarkable book to read. It just opens up the reader's eyes to the world of confusing pain and the unknown of the human mind. It truely was a wonderful book.

Although some may not understand Cut, there are many children in our society who do. Self-mutilation seems to be a growing trend among the youth of today. Patricia Mccormick has spent the time researching what lies behind and the path to healing for this trend. Perhaps more importantly, it is a story which shows young adults that this trend is in reality a problem which must be adressed. Although many will attempt to compare Cut to Speak, there is no proper way to compare the two. Self-mutilation is a psychological issue which a person chooses to fall prey to. Speak on the other hand, deals with someone having psychological issues as no fault of their own. While both pretain to the idea of someone finding the courage to seek help, they are sill in more important ways unrelated. Cut is honestly a wonderful read which many adolecents would find a valuable resource.

This book is so greatly written. It brings the reader to the eyes of a cutter and their emotions. A subject I personally have dealt with and this forces you to realize that it's not a gross, disgusting habit that you can turn on and off, or wish away. This book makes you feel as if you, yourself, is Callie and it is you looking for a way to release your built up emotions. However I really don't think anyone under 14 should read it, It really is graffic and gruesome, and heatbreaking. These emotions brought on while reading this may not be something they are ready to deal with due to lack of maturity. Overall in my opinion this is hands down a amazingly profoud story that should definately be read!

This book is so shocking that you wont want to put it down. Cut by Patricia McCormick is about a girl named Callie who has to go to a hospital for people who need help. The hospital is called Sea Pines but the nickname that the patients there have for it is Sick Minds. Callie is in Sea Pines because she cuts herself. She meets with a group of people to talk about their problems. Everyone has different problems, not all of them cut. The people there make sure that you have nothing sharp and nothing with an edge that's sharp enough to cut yourself. I enjoyed how the author makes you feel like you're a part of the story. It feels like Callie is actually talking to you for help. Will Callie get better? Will she get out of Sea Pines and go home? Or will she keep hurting herself? You'll have to read this amazing book to find out.

"Cut"
by, Patricia Mccormick

" Then I put the blade next to the skin on my palm. A tingle arced across my scalp. The blood tipped up at me and my body spiraled away. Then I was on the ceiling looking down, waiting to see what happen next...."! The book Cut was a great first timer novel! Cut is about a 15 year-old girl named Callie that deals with her feels by cutting herself. And now she is in a mental institution full ( Sea Pines ) of other girls with others problems. And she doesn't want anything to do with them. She will not even talk to them. But she can only stay silent for so long. So the question is, will she starting talking to them? And will she ever stop cutting herself?

This book is about a troubled teenager who cuts herself. The troubled teenagers names is Callie and her parents found out she cuts her self and brought her to Sea Pines a mental institut hopping she gets better. Callie then blames eveything on her about her brother gettin sick and her mom being depressed. There are other girls in Callie's group but are there for other things like anaraxcite,and temper,and food depresent,So callie feels alone in all this and never talks to any one about it so it builds up inside and then she cuts. But Callie is not the only one that knows about her cuttin mrs.Ruby would stay up with Callie some nights to make her feel comforted and loved. Callie would find an object no one would think of her using and one night she cuts her self with a pie plate and relizes that it actually hurts and she wants to get better. Callie then opens up after she meets the new girl amanda she cuts too, Callie finally talkls in therapy and everybody notices the new callie. Callie gets away and decides to go back home or to sea pines?

This book is more for audiences who can handle gory scenes. I would still recommend it to lots of people. Callie is a teenage girl who has a problem. She cuts herself. Not deep enough to die but enough to feel it. After awhile she is sent to a residential treatment facility where she is supposed to get better. She doesn't talk much, actually she doesn't talk at all. The people around her call her S.T. for silent treatment, she just doesn't talk to anyone. Once her brother gets sick with asthma, her mother stops doing many things. She even stops driving because she thinks it's too dangerous for him. Callie feels it is her fault Sam is sick, but that should be the least of her worries.

This book is about a 15 year old Callie who isn't speaking to anyone because she thinks she gave her brother Sam has asthma. Callie lives at the Sea Pines, the "residential treatment facility" with her therapist and other group of people with those kinds of problems. When Callie's parents discovered that she cuts herself, they sent her in here to get better and hopefully find her voice. Although Callie has different problem than her group, she gets drawn into that group and finds her voice with some help of her friends.
When I first read this book I felt like I was in Callie's shoes experiencing the situation and finding part of my life that has been missing. It's a book that will open up your heart and it will make you read it again and again. I suggest this book to anyone with or without Callie's problem.

Cut, is a story of a girl, Callie who is patient at Sea Pines, a "residential treatment facility" because she cuts herself. Callie started out as a typical teenage girl who attended a regular, day to day high school. She loved the people and activities school had to offer. Track, was Callie's favorite thing to do, she loved running. But when she became blamed for her brothers illness and her life started sinking lower than she could dig herself out of she was sent away for help where she became just another patient, she no longer attended school, and stopped running. Callie was forced to tell her story. Slowly, Callie began getting the help she needed after a while when everyone around her started believing that things were starting to get sorted out, she could start to live a semi-normal life again, but she still couldn't stand living there. Callie needed to run she was tired of being locked up daily under adult supervision at all times, so she escaped Sea Pines. She ran the whole day, until she became completely lost. Callie didn't realize what she had gotten herself into again. From a pay phone, Callie called her father, the source of most of her problems, to come pick her up and take her back to Sea Pines. Callie a former cutter had decided that she was ready to end her addiction, she ended up staying at Sea Pines until she completely recovered Sam her brother Returned from the hospital. He had finally reached 60 pounds, and was now able to breathe again. Callie's never been so proud of herself, until she realized there are things you can do to help yourself, and the only thing you have to do is ASK.

I really thought 'Cut' was an eye opener. I would recommend this book to anyone, weather you can relate to Callie's problems or not.


by: sam b.