Book review by: Candi age: 14 Review submitted on 05/20/2003 at 17:03:05 list all 65 reviews for this book

Story Rating 7.0 out of a possible 10.0

Candi writes the following about Cut :

Cut, by Patricia McCormick 4/18/03 Cut was set in Sea Pines the correctional Facility for girls. When it starts she?s in group therapy at the facility. It?s about a young girl, about 16 who was a really nice girl. She did well in school and had good friends. She was an athlete; she did track and was really fast, she seemed perfectly normal. She had small problems at home with her little brother, he was sick. He had serious asthma And Callie blamed her self for his attacks. She somehow got really stressed out and began to express it by cutting her self. While her parents were sleeping she would sneak downstairs and do it. One day the nurse at school asked to check her pulse and saw her scars. Her parents decided she needed professional help and put her in Sea Pines Correctional Facility for girls. At the correctional facility she didn?t fit in. All the other girls were there be cause of eating disorders except for one, Amanda. She was there for cutting herself also but she was cocky about it, Amanda acted if she was proud of it. She never talked to anyone unless she had to. But finally she realized if she wanted to get better she was going to have to start trying. So she started talking to her therapist and then her friends until she started having normal conversations with everyone. This was a really wonderful story. I really enjoyed it. I think the author was trying to show people how serious of a problem this is and that it?s not to be taking lightly. We need to be aware the person who we least expect could be harming them selves. If I could give the author any criticism I would suggest a better ending, it was too easy and kind of predictable. There needs to be more to it. It ended too quickly. In a way it was kind of boring. It definitely could have been more exciting. But what I liked most about the book was how the author put the story in Callie?s point of view like she was talking to someone retelling what was happening as if it really was happening in her mind. It made it really interesting, it brought a sense of excitement. This book was unlike anything I?ve ever read before. Its truly one of a kind. By Monet Levalley-Garcia

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