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I find it very strange that Patricia McCormick spent three years of her life doing research for a 151-page book that really had no detail, description, story line, or character development of any kind.

Callie is a fifteen year-old cutter who is a patient at Sea Pines, but half of the time I was reading I forgot that she was in treatment for cutting because most of the book is centered around her social inabilities. It's never really explained why she cuts, how it started, or how she feels about it. It's like the author didn't want to give readers any ideas by going into too much detail. It was just weird, like Callie didn't even really know what cutting was, just something she did every now and again. But for no particular reason. And it didn't even seem to make her feel better! Or whatever emotions one experiences after self-mutilation. She goes to therapy everyday and tells vague stories about her life that really don't seem to totally relate to her problem.

The book ends with Callie coming to some sort of realization and "going down to [her therapist's] office first thing in the morning and tell[ing her] everything." That was literally the last line. It was a huge cop out! What's "everything"? What's the point of this story? What did Patricia McCormick do for three years while she was supposedly researching?

I find self harm to be one of the most complex and difficult to understand of mental health issues. So. You can't really write a simple book about it.