Review by: Annie
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Tough topics: cutting, cursing, run away
In my book, Cut, the main character's name is Callie. Callie has no friends, and she cuts herself. Her parents find out, and make her go to an institute. The institute is called Sea Pines. Sea Pines is like one big house without doors on the rooms, and everyone who is new has to be escorted until they are a 2. A 2 is when they are in the next level to recovery, and they don’t have to be escorted. At Sea Pines the people who go there do drugs, don’t eat, and cut themselves, etc. All the people who go there call it Sick Minds. When Callie first goes there she doesn’t talk. Callie finally comes out of her shell and starts talking after about half a year. Callie makes friends after she starts talking. After Callie becomes a 2 and she doesn’t have to be escorted anymore, she runs away. Callie runs until she reaches a pay phone. She calls her dad so he can come and get her. Her dad knows exactly where she is, and he tells her to go to the donut shop across the street. Callie’s dad shows up and asks her if she wants to go back to the institute. She thinks about it then says “yes.” She realizes that she wants to get better, and that her problems are her own fault and nobody else’s.
My least favorite part is when Callie cuts herself. My favorite part is when she realizes that she does want to get better.
I would recommend this book to teenagers. I think that the teenage stage in your life is the hardest, so that’s why I wouldn’t recommend this book to adults. I know they’ve already been through their teenage years, but times have changed. Things aren’t the way they used to be. I also wouldn’t recommend this book to young children. Children wouldn’t understand why Callie cuts herself, or why she runs away. This book tells how you could feel when you’re in your teens. It tells how some people are peer pressured into things they don’t want to do, or what they think they have to do to make life right.
On a scale of 1-5 this book deserves a 4.5. This book deserves a 4.5 because it grabbed my attention right from the start. It kept me interested in what was going on. This book made me realize that you need to learn that the mistakes you make are your own fault and nobody else’s. I also learned that life doesn’t always go the way you plan it. |
