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A review by swimmer120x
Cut by Patricia McCormick
2.0
Meh. I felt like the author could have gone into much more detail with this book. I did like the discussions between Callie and her therapist. It was cool watching her open up and learn to use her voice. However, the rest of the book felt like it was caught up in middle school drama, which was rather annoying at times. There were some insensitive comments, especially around those struggling with eating disorders. Nothing was too bad, but there were some back and forth comments between people dealing with anorexia versus people dealing with binge eating. Although the comments weren't terrible, I would not recommend this to someone who is struggling with an eating disorder, in an effort to mitigate the harm it could cause.
The other notable thing was the lack of transitions. Typically when there is a change in conversation, it's apparent, either by written text, a new chapter starting, etc. but this book did not have it. In Callie's therapy sessions, she always referred to her therapist as "You". The book would randomly transition from a conversation with one of the girls at residential to "You" in a therapy session. Sometimes I had to do a double-take to realize that the next paragraph was an entirely different setting than the previous one.
The other notable thing was the lack of transitions. Typically when there is a change in conversation, it's apparent, either by written text, a new chapter starting, etc. but this book did not have it. In Callie's therapy sessions, she always referred to her therapist as "You". The book would randomly transition from a conversation with one of the girls at residential to "You" in a therapy session. Sometimes I had to do a double-take to realize that the next paragraph was an entirely different setting than the previous one.