In the Cut

I bought this book after seeing Jane Campion's film adaptation, which is wonderful. The book is even more captivating. Reading it, I had the uncanny feeling that it was told in the voice that runs through my own head-a voice unusually attentive to the words people use, that appear in ads and on walls and on pages and that seem to hover like poetry, waiting to be understood-a voice that is therefore strangely detached from... Read Full Review

I have read reviews on this book that go both ways. For the most part, people hate it, or they love it. Well, this is my opinion: Okay, this is a graphic book. This is also very good writing. Stumbled across this book at a friend's. Never heard of the movie; still have not seen it. Picked this novel up from a pile of romance novels and Johnathan Kellermans and summer beach books that she had lying about. Honestly,... Read Full Review

This book is fantastic. Yes, it's brutal and yes, it's at times painfully graphic, but the prose is remarkably intelligent and witty, the story moving along at a mesmerizing clip. The ending truly is a jarring surprise. Moore keeps you guessing the entire time, but she also keeps you interested, something few novelists can do, in my estimation. I also loved the protagonist's preoccupation with etymology; I loved her narrative... Read Full Review

I knew I was in for a rather dark and lurid read when I picked up In the Cut. Susanna Moore takes the reader to a disturbing ride in which sex and obsession play a major role.The female protagonist is a frustrated woman who tries to teach her students lessons about irony and other languages in literature. Her life takes a spin toward disarming when she witnesses an intimate moment between a man and a woman. The only things... Read Full Review

Susanna Moore, who usually writes introspective, slowly graceful novels about lost love and Hawaiian breezes, has outdone herself with a ripping thriller. New York has never seemed so insidiously dangerous. Moore captures her heroine's naively foolish carelessness with the perfect tone of the curious culture dweller. I hope the movie catches this "innocent in darkville" tone as well. Read Moore's other novels and you will... Read Full Review