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21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
FOR CUTTERS
Patricia McCormick has taken three years to write this short book, and I took five nights reading this book and I must say that this book was an excellent title. Sadly, many teenagers are living with depression and cutting themself, but thankfully there are many solutio...Read More
Patricia McCormick has taken three years to write this short book, and I took five nights reading this book and I must say that this book was an excellent title. Sadly, many teenagers are living with depression and cutting themself, but thankfully there are many solutions to heal the pain. This book could be one of those solutions. With every page is a girl someone could relate to, but you could learn from her.
Callie cuts herself, and now she's at Sea Pines or what she calls "Sick Minds" refusing to talk. Instead, she listens to people in her surroundings who are just like her. They are hurt, and they don't want to be trapped. They know why they are here, but they'll have to learn how to fix that.
I recommend this, WELL WRITTEN, book for teenagers, cutters, children, mothers, and teachers. Learn from Callie and enjoy this book like I did. Take heed, people, there is help.Show Less
Callie cuts herself, and now she's at Sea Pines or what she calls "Sick Minds" refusing to talk. Instead, she listens to people in her surroundings who are just like her. They are hurt, and they don't want to be trapped. They know why they are here, but they'll have to learn how to fix that.
I recommend this, WELL WRITTEN, book for teenagers, cutters, children, mothers, and teachers. Learn from Callie and enjoy this book like I did. Take heed, people, there is help.Show Less
posted by BANCHEE_READS on November 30, 2008
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9 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
A Disappointment....
Entertaining read, but a little generic. Ms. McCormick doesn't really get into the details/emotions/rationales/etc for being a cutter. It's an interesting story about a girl in a group home/hospital coming to terms with her problems but not really an in depth view into ...Read More
Entertaining read, but a little generic. Ms. McCormick doesn't really get into the details/emotions/rationales/etc for being a cutter. It's an interesting story about a girl in a group home/hospital coming to terms with her problems but not really an in depth view into her mindset.Show Less
posted by TulaneGirl on December 11, 2008
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Posted November 30, 2008
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FOR CUTTERS
Patricia McCormick has taken three years to write this short book, and I took five nights reading this book and I must say that this book was an excellent title. Sadly, many teenagers are living with depression and cutting themself, but thankfully there are many solutions to heal the pain. This book could be one of those solutions. With every page is a girl someone could relate to, but you could learn from her.
Callie cuts herself, and now she's at Sea Pines or what she calls "Sick Minds" refusing to talk. Instead, she listens to people in her surroundings who are just like her. They are hurt, and they don't want to be trapped. They know why they are here, but they'll have to learn how to fix that.
I recommend this, WELL WRITTEN, book for teenagers, cutters, children, mothers, and teachers. Learn from Callie and enjoy this book like I did. Take heed, people, there is help.21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
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TulaneGirl
Posted December 11, 2008
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A Disappointment....
Entertaining read, but a little generic. Ms. McCormick doesn't really get into the details/emotions/rationales/etc for being a cutter. It's an interesting story about a girl in a group home/hospital coming to terms with her problems but not really an in depth view into her mindset.
9 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted December 5, 2004
Major Disappointment
it just kept going on and on. I kept waiting for it to get interesting but it just never got off the ground. As a former long-time cutter, i was seriously disappointed.p
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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1Katherine1
Posted September 8, 2009
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Very interesting
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.
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Anonymous
Posted February 7, 2009
This book can cause harm.
My 13 year old daughter read this book before I knew she had it. She got the idea that she could ease her pain from everyday teeenagerhood by cutting herself. Thank you so much Patricia for the theapy bills.
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Anonymous
Posted September 17, 2008
Well, its Cut, now isn't it?
This novel let's people who not only have experienced this sort of thing, but gives insight and help to people who know someone who's doing this to themselves. Cut is a definite read.
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Anonymous
Posted December 6, 2004
BEWARE- Children are impressionable!
It is a great story into the mental issuses and struugles this young girl goes through but A young impressionable girl like my own (5th grader) got this book in her school library (her friends were all talking about it). So my daughter decided it would be cool to try!!! SHE CUT HERSELF! I am not just blamming the book. I am taking this very seriously. However, I do not think this is appropriate reading material for children under 15!!!
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Anonymous
Posted February 16, 2012
To all current and ex cutters
Im a cutter. Theres nothing wrong with it. Its just another coping skill. As long as youre not cutting dangerously close to your major veins then you are perfectly fine. Thrres nothing wrong with you even though i know the media always makes it seem like cutters are crazy people dont worry youre not. If you have anything to say back to me reply @cutter.
Hope this will help some if yall.1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted February 1, 2012
@teen
I cut for a while. Im 14 now you shouldnt be going through this at such a young age. Im in therapy now. There is a better way for you. You have to think of bettef ways to cope. Me ? I listen to music or write to stop myself. If you just tell yourself that you are better than that & believe it, you can do it.
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RavenclawStudent
Posted April 9, 2009
Cut
Callie seems like a normal fifteen year old, but she is hiding a dark secret: her addiction to self-injury. A substitute nurse sees the scars from where Callie cut herself and Callie is sent to a residential treatment facility called Sea Pines. At Sea Pines, or "Sick Minds" as the "guests" have nicknamed it, there are girls with food disorders and drug addictions, but no one, until Amanda comes, self-injures like Callie. Callie has selective mutism and refuses to talk at all. Callie can only stay silent for so long.
I have read this book multiple times. The first time I read it, I looked at Callie from her therapist's point of view. The next few times I read the book looking from Callie's point of view. She is very easy to relate to. The writing didn't seem as though it was coming from a fifteen year old though.In conclusion, Cut is about a teenage girl overcoming the addictive trials that is self-injury. I highly recommend this book.Cut is a great book, but the writing could have been more accurate to a fifteen year old's thoughts.1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Cut
McCormick, P. (2000). Cut. New York: Push.
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While ya gotta respect McCormick for repeatedly exploring some of the toughest issues for young adult girls out there, I feel like Cut doesn't focus on cutting enough to warrant it making the title. Sure the narrator is put in a facility because she is a cutter, but her group mates who are there for an assortment of reasons interested me just as much, when I could keep straight who each one was. (Students may need to chart each character and track their characteristics. For reals, it's so easy to get these girls confused!)
McCormick does a wonderful job of constructing Callie's character, although I did expect her to have experienced more trauma than what was described in the book.
In this short book, there is a small commentary about the perception of cutter's by most people and the medical community. McCormick confronts that general assumptions and misunderstandings by presenting multiple people and a second girl who cuts herself for different reasons.
Despite my extensive consideration of cutting here, the majority of the book is more focused on the aspects of life that are haunting Callie and her journey to deciding to get better.
My favorite part is that the entire book is written in second-person direct addresses to the reader, as though he or she is the psychiatrist working with Callie.
Activities to do with the book:
This book is good for starting discussions on issues of cutting, bulimia, anorexia, insanity, drug addiction, familial pressures, ways of dealing with problems, dealing with stress over a sick relative, expressions of emotions, etc.
Also, the ending is fairly ambiguous, so students could write letters to the characters asking how they are doing or they could write their own continuations.
Students could also write a letter as Callie's psychiatrist as a response to the book. Or they could construct the character of "you" based on the few clues present in the text.
Favorite Quotes:
"You say it's up to me to do the talking" (p. 1).
"The people at Sick Minds were still trying to figure out what to do with me" (p. 11).
"There's a lot of crying here at night. Since there are no doors on any of the rooms, the crying-or moaning, or sobbing-floats out into the hallway. Sometimes I lie in bed imagining a river of sobs flowing by, leaving little puddles of misery on each threshold" (p. 27).
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queso16
Posted March 20, 2009
Marissa- Review for Cut
Callie is fifteen. Her life is becoming a whirl wind of stress and the only escape, the only relief is to cut. When Callie is taken away to a treatment facility she joins other girls with all types of problems. Her therapist tries to help Callie. There's just one problem; Callie doesn't talk. But when new problems arise in the facility; with others and herself then Callie speaks. She can't be silent forever.
This author doesn't use many literary devices but here are some that stood out:
Personification- The room is dead quiet .
Simile- You lean forward, place a box of tissues in front of me, and your black leather chair groans like a living thing.
Simile- "This new girl, Amanda, she wears shorts and flip-flops like it's the middle of summer."
My favorite part of the book is when Callie finally speaks for the first time. It's as if there's a small glimmer of hope arising in her that maybe she can get help. At first she doesn't even know this is what's happening but later on she realizes that she really is worth the saving; that with the others to help her she really can stop cutting and live her life the way she wants to. What Callie does doesn't make her a bad person, and when she finally understands that, that's when her true story begins.
The worst part of the book is when she runs away from the facility. For the first time you truly believe that she wants the help; that she's getting better. But then, just like that, she's dashing down the hallways, through the laundry room, and out the door to the outside. She just keeps running until she reaches the road side and calls her father. I almost got disappointed; not in the book but in Callie. I felt like she was giving up; like she had made the wrong choice to getting better. Her dad meets her at a Dunkin' Donuts, and for a while they just talk. I truly believed that she would just leave Sea Pines (the facility) and go home. She couldn't have possibly gotten the help if she didn't go back. But it took her to leave to realize what she really wanted; help.
I would most definitely recommend this book. This book isn't just about a facility full of stubborn girls with problems. It's about the people finding themselves and realizing that not only do they need help, but they have people there who want to help. They are not worthless like they always thought. You will feel the things the characters feel; sadness, hate, confusion, unloved, worthless, a waste of time. But most importantly, you come to understand that they are people, too. This is one of the rare books that make one want to change. To be more selfless and to help others help themselves. This book is a journey for not only Callie, but the reader.1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted November 24, 2008
Never in my life.
This book was slow and boring;
page after page I turned to find nothing
more intresting than a girl going to a therapist
talking about her brother who had ashtma,
its nothing I expected.
I regret reading it, a waste of time it was.
I could summarize it in one sentence,
" a girl goes to a mental hospital after cutting, she never talks
she opens up runs away and goes back. "
END OF STOPRY.
Super Dissapointing.1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted July 29, 2008
~Cut~
I loved this book, i used to cut, and well. i noe somewhat f what Callie is going through.I couldn't have asked for a better reading book.The ending was amazing, and im so proud of Callie for doing what she does. if you haven't read this book,u need to move it up to ur #1 spot.! i loved this book.!
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Anonymous
Posted September 9, 2008
Age
Overall, this book was okay. I am sixteen years old. I think that it has a good message. And I am proud of the main character, Callie. However, I think I would like the book better if I was younger. It just all depends on how old your are.
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Anonymous
Posted May 18, 2008
re-read.
this book was great when i was in the seventh grade. i re-read it this year as a ninth grader and i'm not impressed. so when considering this book take into consideration your age, interests, and own personal experiences.
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Anonymous
Posted May 19, 2008
ugh.
this was the worst book i've ever read. in my opinion, it makes cutting a joke, because the main character has no big reason for cutting. it's stupid and just fuels the emo attention seeking, and ignores the deep feelings of those who actually feel the need to cut.
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Anonymous
Posted May 24, 2008
A reviewer
Cut is an awsome book that identifies the true feelings that may go through a girls mind that cuts herself. Callie is a troubled teenaged girl that keeps to herself when she has to go to Sea Pines. When she cuts herself she explains how it releases all anger, pain, and other emotions bodled inside of her. It releases them in a way she almost can't explain. It is a wonderful book and I recomend it to anyone that wants to read a book with a great deal of understanding what a teenaged girl really goes through.
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Anonymous
Posted May 15, 2008
Cut
Cut goes through the point of view story of Callie in her stay at Sea Pines but to her its 'sick minds.' She's sent there after being discovered that she cuts herself. While there she doesn't say a word but starts to slowly come out of her shell, gets to know the other girls and confronts her troubles including her father. What I liked was the writing style and how Callie begun talking again and the ending was great and give you a hint that she really wants to stop cutting. Read this at least once and decide whether you think its a good book or not but yes it is a sad thing when it comes to certain hard to talk about issues.
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Anonymous
Posted March 19, 2008
Okay
this book would probobly be okay for other people, but personally it didnt keep my intrest I tried to keep reading it but it just didnt click. buy at your own risk.
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