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Summary: A disappointment
Review: I thought this book was going to be about self-injury (SI), but it was more about Nancy and Katie's drug problems and sexual experimentation. It was a good book from that aspect, but it was misinformed about SI. Granted, there are people who SI who also take drugs and get into risky sexual situations, but this book seemed almost to say that one must be really messed up to SI . I think people who SI do have a lot of problems, but they don't have to be quite so self- destructive as Nancy and Katie. Also, I think it's a shame that Crosses was marketed as a book about SI when in fact it was really about almost every kind of self- destructive behavior. And the critics seem to think that it's a pretty good book about SI. When there aren't many informed books about SI on the market, it's easy to think this way. I guess I just didn't see myself in Nancy and Katie's thoughts or behaviors- as someone who has SIed (and I didn't see my friends who SI in them either).
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Summary: Somebody should have done more research
Review: I think this book was written very irresponsibly. Because I am a recovering self-injurer, I felt very offended! This is a very poor representation of what it's like, or can be like. Of all the self-injurers I'm familiar with, this is not a fair representation of any of them. The main character comes across as a confused, selfish teenager. Not every self-injurer is a "druggy" and most do NOT do it for the attention. I just think that this book is cashing in on a very serious problem without giving it the attention it needs.
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Summary: Cutters, they do it to take the pain away, so they think.
Review: Nancy finds herself hurt by her parents continuous arguing. She feels alone, and trapped. And in lots of pain. The only way she knows how to get rid of her pain is to cut. She uses glass and slices, rips scars into her flesh, and watches in delight as teh blood begins to arise from her body. At first it is just a game. But then she and her friend Katie, just can't seem to stop it. It has become an addiction, just like their smoking, sniffing and drinking habits. Cutting is added on to the list. Nancy's boyfriend hates her cutting. So she tries to cover it up when she has sex with him so he won't get mad. Nancy and Katie begin to get caught in school while either smoking, drinking, cutting. If they don't stop this,it is going to get serious. Someone is going to end up dead. Or maybe it already has begun.
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Summary: ..a talented writer puts together a beautifully raw book..
Review: No Pretenses. No censors. I loved it! I learned alot about how stupid drugs can make you. MUST READ!!
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Summary: Raw, Real, Excellent for reading, even adults.
Review: i read this book a year or 2 ago, and i was glued to the pages. i also related to the main characters quite a bit. for anyone who has problems with self mutilation, pleasepleaseplease go get help. i wouldn't say i'm a success story, but i can say that you're not alone, and the more you read, study, and watch about it the more you understand, and the more it could help you. empower yourself. don't become a victim.recommended material: bodies under seige (lots by dr. favazza). movies: all over me, foxfire. there is also another book i own about an ice skater who cuts herself, but i've forgotten the title. it's by dr. steve levenkron. he also does another book about self-mutilation.
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Summary: To Stereotypical
Review: Crosses is about a girl named Nancy, who takes on the punk lifestyle, with friend katie and boyfriend Mike. She deals with drug abuse, and alcohol abuse. She was a good student in school and now she isn't, she gets rid of mental pain by using physical pain in cutting. It is basicly about how screwed up her life is. I didn't like the book, it is mostly lies, sayin that punks are all druggies, and alcoholics. I am a punk and I truthfully am not a druggie, anc/or an alcoholic. I am a punk and thebook i to stereotypical, for people who don't understand punks, and read it, they will think that we have a bad impression upon us.
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Summary: Eye opening
Review: This book made me relize that not all the people in this world are as sheltered as I am. I consider myself to be the no drugs no "bad things" person. But this book really opened my eyes to things that happen in some peoples day to day life. I was shocked at the content at first but then I came to terms with it. I wonder if the author's teenage years were similar to the books. The way she wrote made it seem as though it was writen from personal experiance.
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Summary: Speaks of true friendship
Review: This book gave me a totally new view on life. It reminded me so much of me and my best friend and by the time I had finished the book I relized we both needed some help. I made my friend read it and she felt the same way I do. Its really how a lot of adolescent girls feel today and they can totally relate to it. Thanks for making such a great book!
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Summary: friendship is powerful
Review: my best friend stole this book from her local library just so i would be able to read it when i came to visit her. she had already read it and she knew i must read it, too. we finally feel like someone understands us. what we do, the music we listen to, & the way we feel about each other. the book is great because it doesn't glamorize any of the things it talks about, but it doesn't preach, either. and the scary thing is, nancy and katie are so much like my friend and i...even down to the way they look.
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Summary: Somebody Understands Me
Review: Never in my life would I have guessed there was a book that could so perfectly express what I have done for so long. The simple fact that somebody out there understood changed my outlook more than I could have imagined.
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