tl1's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
greenereading's review against another edition
3.0
Emotional wrecker. Was not as good of a book as Crank, but it was still a good read.
mossvamp's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
at first i thought it was kinda cringey but it is actually very good and well written. relatable but also triggering at times
atomicwizard's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
marigoldgem's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
thatgirlamy's review against another edition
4.0
This book broke my heart and shed some much needed light on the subjects of selective mutism and self-harm. It is a quick read and one that I wish I had known about to share with past students. It was great to experience everything through Callie's viewpoint. The relationships that the girls all shared felt so real and I found myself coming to care for each one of them. Thank you Patricia McCormick for the research and thoughtfulness that went into this book!
clstrifes's review against another edition
3.0
Trigger warning: This book mentions self harm, drug uses, and anorexia.
This was a nostalgia reading as well since I read this a young child. I remembered all of the events in the book and I even relate to the main character (besides the cutting thing) so there’s that. I wonder how Callie is doing now? Did she get better? Did she get to wear fancy no sleeve dresses? Did her brother get better? Did she have a better relationship with her father? There are all the things that I kept on wondering and still do. Even though this is a fictional character, I truly hope that she got better and same goes for those who are real and going through what she did.
Also I like how Callie calls the therapist “You” making it break a fourth wall too which I find kinda odd since the writer also uses the first person perspective with Callie but I liked it.
This was a nostalgia reading as well since I read this a young child. I remembered all of the events in the book and I even relate to the main character (besides the cutting thing) so there’s that. I wonder how Callie is doing now? Did she get better? Did she get to wear fancy no sleeve dresses? Did her brother get better? Did she have a better relationship with her father? There are all the things that I kept on wondering and still do. Even though this is a fictional character, I truly hope that she got better and same goes for those who are real and going through what she did.
Also I like how Callie calls the therapist “You” making it break a fourth wall too which I find kinda odd since the writer also uses the first person perspective with Callie but I liked it.
angelamae27's review against another edition
4.0
Cut is a novel written by Patricia McCormick about a girl named Callie who is a guest at the mental health clinic "Sea Pines', which they patients nicknamed "Sick Minds." Over the course of this story, we follow the challenges that Callie sees around her during her stay at "Sick Minds". This book is written in the first person, but the test is almost like reading a journal or listening in on Callie’s thoughts. There are only three “chapters” that separate the book into sections that reflect the stages of Callie’s journey in her rehabilitation. The opening scene described to us is Callie returning home to an empty house after her cross country meet and finding her mother’s exacto craft knife sitting unsupervised on the kitchen table. The use of imagery uses to paint such a vivid picture of the triangle blade slowly being pressed into the palm of her hand cutting deeper. Imagery plays a huge role in this novel because all of Callie's thoughts and For a major part of the book, Callie doesn’t talk to anyone at Sea Pines; this created a very distrusting and unconnected tone over the beginning of the book. Throughout the book, the tone shifted away from uneasy and toward relief, this change in tone was because Callie had finally admitted aloud her desire to get better. Cut is now one of my new favorite books and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoyed The Fault in our Stars or The Perks of Being a Wallflower.