Cut

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Summary: Cut-A Story of Overcoming Self Mutilation
Review: This book is about a 15 year old girl, Callie who cuts herself. She is overwhelmed of fear that everything bad that has happened to her family was completely her fault. She cuts herself to feel better. She never cuts herself bad enough to die but enough to bleed. She winds up at Sea Pines "Sick Minds" mental hospital because a substitute nurse at her school finds the numerous scars on her arms from self mutilating herself. The girls in this hospital are dealing with many different mental problems, eating disorders, drug problems, and there is another cutter like Callie. At the hospital she finds herself mute to everyone, until she cuts herself so badly that she has to turn to someone. This time when she cuts herself she doesn't feel the euphoria that she felt every other time she has done it, she just feels pain. She finally confides in her theorpist. At the end of the book there is hope that Callie will overcome her self mutilation and her inner issues.

I thought that this was a great book, I found myself reading it straight through because I wanted to find out more about Callie and the others at the mental hospital. I recommend it for young adults no younger than probably 13 because of the intense and graphic details of Callie cutting herself. I wish that I would have read it when I was a teenager, it might of helped me get through some of my inner struggles and me being so hard on myself. I thought "Cut" really portrayed the feelings of this frightened and upset young woman. My heart really went out to Callie.

This book reminded me of the movie "Girl Interrupted." This was also about a girl, Winona Ryder, overcoming mental problems. I thought that "Cut" was everything the movie wasn't and more. "Cut" gave you a deeper look inside the young, slightly disturbed girl's mind than the movie did.

GREAT BOOK!!

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Summary: Good but triggering
Review: Well, this book was good, despite the lack of detail, but my major problem with it was that it is incredibly triggering. If you are a cutter or a recovering cutter, be very very careful and read this book in a safe place.
It is the story of 15-year old Callie, who is in a 'Residential Treatment Facility' called Sea Pines (but fondly dubbed Sick Minds by it's residents). Callie is a self-injurer (she's in good company; so am I) and is attempting to recover at the hospital. She is at first unresponsive to therapy, but the book chronicles how she opens up to her therapist and herself. As the story unfolds, we begin to understand the issues in her past that led her to cutting and how she oversomes them.
All in all, a good book, but don't forget that it's triggering!

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Summary: A Cut Above the Rest
Review: At first Cut, by Patricia McCormick, appears to be a story of self-destruction. The graphic scenes were almost too much for me to handle as an adult. I would be hesitant to give this book to a younger reader. A child reading the book without much knowledge and understanding of psychological disorders could prove to be difficult. This is true not only in comprehension, but in dealing with the emotions the story provokes as well. The explicit details of Callie's cutting set the tone for this story. There is a fear and hesitation that emerges before turning every page. However, on further exploration of this book, it is more than just a story of habitual cutting, it is one of tragedy, torment and triumph!

Although a younger reader may not have the capacity to handle a book with such content, a more mature reader could grasp and explore the complexity of Callie's story with greater insight. Reading this book with a parent would enhance the potential of this story's knowledge and understanding. It would be highly beneficial for a parent to read Cut first, and discern if their child is ready before handing it to them to discover on their own.

At the appropriate audience level, this novel has the ability to teach adults, as well as adolescents, the value and power of their own capabilities. Callie's strength and endurance are displayed over and over during her time at Sea Pines. Not only through her own activities, but also through her interactions with the girls, audiences come to understand the world Callie is living in.

For an adult, the events including Callie's parents also have a teaching capacity. By coming to grips with the immensity of such a situation, Callie's parents have the potential to show others the difference they can make, for better or worse. Through the silent, emotional scene with Callie's father, audiences learn that there is a strength within many children and adolescents that is often pushed to the wayside in today's society.

For any reader identifying with Callie, emotionally, physically or in reality, her story can bring strength to the distressed. By inviting audiences into Callie's thoughts, McCormick has a clever way of evoking emotion and understanding. Callie's personal struggles and triumphs, known only by the readers, structures and changes emotions normally associated with psychological disorders. Through her difficulties with life, emotions and events at Sea Pines, Callie encourages those identifying with her that life does go on and it is a personal strength and decision to make that commitment. Callie shows audiences through her touching and emotional story there is a way to overcome psychological difficulties.

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Summary: Compromises the Issue
Review: Though the book was okay, it didn't give good vision of the issues the girls at Sea Pines faced, as I had hoped it would. It doesn't depict Callie's dependence on cutting and she was all too eager to stop. There was definitely something missing from the book. And I'm sorry but it is not that easy to escape from a mental hospital.

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Summary: Cut
Review: The book I read was "Cut." The book was interesting with all the different things she did. When I read the book, it felt like I was actually in the story, and I could see all the different things that was happening in my mind.
In one chapter she was running in a cross country meet, and she blanked out and ran home. Then when she got home she ound herself bored. So, she cut herself for the first time, and then she watched the blood run on to the floor.
If you like books that flow and are very interesting, then I suggest you read "Cut." YOU SHOULD REALLY READ IT!!

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Summary: My Review on Cut
Review: If you like books that you can get caught up in and never put down you would love Cut. It is a very detailed explanation of a girl who cuts herself and her struggles on the way to caring and her road to success. This book about Callie likes to cut herself because it seems as though it washes away the pain. Although she is put into a treatment facility she still sometimes has the urge to just make a little cut. This is an incredible and exciting book.
I would recomend this book for teens and young adults, like myself, who like realistic real life stories that are exciting and a little mind boggling at times to think a person would do this. This is one of my favorite books.

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Summary: Cut
Review: Cut:
I would say if you like a compelling novel,and that is non-fiction try Cut... This book is a very good mystery book that even has a bit of action. It can be sad also so be prepared to cry a little. I love this book because it keeps you in suspense, and lets you in a page at a time which keeps you comming back for more. i finished this book in 2 days i could hardly put it down to go to sleep.
This book is good because of what happens. This girl named Callie has a few issues that she has to sort through at what the girls call 'Sick Minds' a hospital for girls like her. Callie has a lot of pressure to sort through and she does it by cutting herself,but never enough to kill herself. She does not want to kill herself no matter what they think she just wants the pain to go away. if you want to find out more read this compelling novel I promise you will love this book as much as I did.
I would recommend this to everyone who thinks that THEY have issues to deal with. I loved this book and hope that you will to. This book is a little challenging but i hope you will consider reading it.

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Summary: Read Cut
Review: all i can say is wow, this book was amazing, when i was going through a rebellious stage i cut myself, but in reading this book it made me realize that cutting yourself is not the answer, this book was great, if you havent read it, you should read it, it was great

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Summary: Cut to me was one of the deepest books id read at that time
Review: I read this book last year because for some odd reason i like to read books about real people. Cut is a very intense book about a girl who cuts herself. I got alot of strange looks reading this book during school and some kids thought i was sick or something but i really thought this is a good book. I dont think that you need to know more about her and the way she cuts herself like some other people said, you just really know whats going on around her with breif passages to her past. I reccomend this book to anyone i enjoyed it.

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Summary: Real Life Issues
Review: Cut by Patricia McCormick tells the chilling story of a teenage girl with an unusual addiction: cutting herself. This story goes inside a residential treatment facility to expose the world of teenage mental and behavior disorders. The most powerful aspect of this story is how easily it is to relate to the main character, Callie. Callie's story is not extreme: she feels that her family doesn't pay much attention to her, and she blames herself for her brother's illness. She finds relief in cutting herself. This works well for her until the school nurse notices her scares. Callie suddenly finds her self at Sea Pines, a residential treatment facility for teenage girls.
McCormick dives right into the thoughts and minds of this teenage girl as Callie is the narrator, and the story is told as if she is talking to her therapist. This book raises some important questions. When is a young person old enough to read a book that so vividly tells the story of girls who struggle with such heavy issues? Should issues such as suicide, self mutilation, pain and depression be discussed with children? How should these issues be discussed? McCormick describes a dark and grim reality for many teenagers today. Is it important for teenagers to be aware of such things? It is so easy to relate to Callie, so easy that it is scary for the reader to think "that could be me." Will Cut give teenagers a sense of hopelessness, or a sense of hope? This book starts out seemingly hopeless, with Callie refusing to talk to anyone, not even using her vocal cords. Eventually, as the reader goes on, a sense of control is gain. There is a sense that all is not hopeless, that Callie does have control over her situation.
This book is not to be taken lightly. This type of situation is very real for many teenagers and adults all over the world. Teenagers need to know that. Even so, this book should not be read without discussion. This book addresses some important, yet difficult issues that should not be looked over by anyone: adults or teenagers.