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The Rivals (The Mockingbirds #2)
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Daisy Whitney (Goodreads Author)
When Alex Patrick was assaulted by another student last year, her elite boarding school wouldn't do anything about it. This year Alex is head of the Mockingbirds, a secret society of students who police and protect the student body. While she desperately wants to live up to the legacy that's been given to her, she's now dealing with a case unlike any the Mockingbirds have...more
Hardcover, 352 pages
Published
February 6th 2012
by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Now the leader of the Mockingbirds, and not a student they are trying to help, Alex is handling everything that happened to her pretty well. Everything goes fine for Alex, until she gets her very first case. Her first case is about drugs, and how people on the debate team are taking it so they can win a very important award for the school. She gets many suspects, but doesn’t know how to take it since some of these suspects are her friends. The evidence is currently pointing to Alex’s protégée, a...more
I was so happy to see Daisy Whitney had penned a follow-up to her powerfully moving The Mockingbirds. I still think that novel should be in every high school library and on every counsellors read & recommend list. It's a playbook for what to do about non-stranger rape, and probably an eye opener for a lot of teen girls and guys.
In The Rivals, we see Alex struggling in her new role as head of the Mockingbirds, the secret justice system for Themis Academy students. Before classes have even st...more
In The Rivals, we see Alex struggling in her new role as head of the Mockingbirds, the secret justice system for Themis Academy students. Before classes have even st...more
My sister really liked The Mockingbirds and has urged me to read it for a while. I still haven't picked it up but when we were sent a review copy of its sequel The Rivals, I decided to read it instead. It turned out to be such a great read that I'm making it a goal for myself to read The Mockingbirds this summer as soon as I get the chance.
I loved this book. It was unputdownable (I'd begrudgingly put it down only when necessary--for food and sleep) and when I finally finished reading it, I was b...more
I loved this book. It was unputdownable (I'd begrudgingly put it down only when necessary--for food and sleep) and when I finally finished reading it, I was b...more
The Rivals is a follow up book to The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney. In The Mockingbirds, Alex Patrick is a high school junior who is date-raped after drinking at a club. The elite residential high school that Alex attends refuses to accept that any of their intelligent, talented students would break their honor code and so have no structure in place to deal with disciplinary issues. Alex's only recourse is to enlist the aid of the underground student group known as The Mockingbirds. After Alex'...more
I love, love, love Daisy Whitney! I think that she has a unique voice. This is easily one of the best sequels I have read in quite sometime. Though Mockingbirds can stand alone, Whitney explores a little talked about experience, being defined by a rape.
This book has Alex feeling alone and isolated from the rest of the school. She also has a cloud above her head of the events in the first book. This is a tough issue. Though she desperately wants to move past it, she is forced to confront people t...more
This book has Alex feeling alone and isolated from the rest of the school. She also has a cloud above her head of the events in the first book. This is a tough issue. Though she desperately wants to move past it, she is forced to confront people t...more
After reading The Mockingbirds, I was excited to pick up The Rivals. While The Mockingbirds could have ended where it did, I loved the characters and story, and I was a very happy reader with book two sitting next to me, especially with how different it proved to be from book one. (While I enjoyed book one, it would be boring to read the same formula in a different setting with a new case.) The Mockingbirds dealt with date rape. In book two, some students are using prescription drugs to cheat; p...more
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First Impressions: I picked up The Rivals right after finishing The Mockingbirds, which I absolutely adored. Daisy Whitney is becoming one of my favorite authors right now just for the sheer fact that she writes about hard topics other authors seem to shy away from, and she does it in a creative fashion as well by using the school group, The Mockingbirds, to gain some form of justice for the crimes committed. Needless to say, I was...more
First Impressions: I picked up The Rivals right after finishing The Mockingbirds, which I absolutely adored. Daisy Whitney is becoming one of my favorite authors right now just for the sheer fact that she writes about hard topics other authors seem to shy away from, and she does it in a creative fashion as well by using the school group, The Mockingbirds, to gain some form of justice for the crimes committed. Needless to say, I was...more
In the Rivals, we revisit Themis Academy. Alex is now in charge of The Mockingbirds and this novel chronicles her struggles with leading the group, following her own moral compass and surviving the aftermath of her date rape. I was so pleased Whitney did not gloss over that part of Alex’s journey, as it would have been all too easy to just put that behind Alex and move on to the new mystery. Speaking of which, the new Mockingbird case involves a drug ring at Themis and the case raises challengin...more
3.5 STARS
The book picks up right where Mockingbirds leaves off. There is enough back story to jump into this book without reading the first one but I liked the first one because of the originality. This one lacked a clear conflict. There would be a beginning of a conflict and then it would fizzle. Eventually, I saw the pattern of the real conflict which was two-fold 1)Students are using ADHD medicine to improve academic performance and 2) Alex, the new leader, is imperfect, not knowing what she...more
The book picks up right where Mockingbirds leaves off. There is enough back story to jump into this book without reading the first one but I liked the first one because of the originality. This one lacked a clear conflict. There would be a beginning of a conflict and then it would fizzle. Eventually, I saw the pattern of the real conflict which was two-fold 1)Students are using ADHD medicine to improve academic performance and 2) Alex, the new leader, is imperfect, not knowing what she...more
Picking up right where The Mockingbirds [one of my last year's favorites]left out off, this title follows Alex Patrick as she continues to heal from the sexual assault she suffered at the hands of fellow student Carter. She also has assumed the leadership of The Mockingbirds, the school's not so secret student group that administers justice when the school administration looks the other way. Now Alex must deal with allegations that some of her classmates, including her roommate are enhancing the...more
In the interest of full disclosure, I was fortunate enough to receive an ARC of The Rivals from the wonderful author.
I love these books for so many reasons, but I especially love that they take place in a world that feels very real, and that even the exaggeratedly blind eye the faculty cast upon their teenage turmoil feels believable given the way that a part of being a teenager is thinking (justifably or not) that adults just don't understand or appreciate just what teenagers are going through...more
I love these books for so many reasons, but I especially love that they take place in a world that feels very real, and that even the exaggeratedly blind eye the faculty cast upon their teenage turmoil feels believable given the way that a part of being a teenager is thinking (justifably or not) that adults just don't understand or appreciate just what teenagers are going through...more
The Rivals is the sequel to Daisy Whitney's debut novel The Mockingbirds, which was released last year. I received an ARC of The Rivals for review. The Rivals will be released on February 6, 2012.
The Rivals picks up at the beginning of the new school year after The Mockingbirds ended. This year, Alex is in charge of the Mockingbirds. Right as the school year begins, she is confronted with a case that is different from anything the Mockingbirds have handled before- an alleged drug ring that stude...more
Daisy Whitney is a maverick in writing. Mockingbirds was the first book in this series and it really set the stage for it's debut. The cast if characters was so realistic and dramatic that as the story unfolded we cries and cheered on it's cast.
Now with the upcoming release of Rivals we are brought back into the sphere of influence of the Themis Academy where old enemies wait, and suspicious is rampant in the halls.
The new case up for the Mockingbirds will not only implicate friends but it will...more
Now with the upcoming release of Rivals we are brought back into the sphere of influence of the Themis Academy where old enemies wait, and suspicious is rampant in the halls.
The new case up for the Mockingbirds will not only implicate friends but it will...more
After the events of the first book, Alex is now heading up The Mockingbirds. Her first case is about a prescription drug ring that's enabling students to cheat (think Adderall, only more powerful). People she knows (and likes) are being implicated in this, and she has to figure out how to balance her new responsibility with being the person and friend she wants to be.
I connected so much with The Mockingbirds and this is a completely different book. The case isn't as clear-cut in this one, and th...more
I connected so much with The Mockingbirds and this is a completely different book. The case isn't as clear-cut in this one, and th...more
3.5 out of 5 rating
Just like the first book (The Mockingbirds), The Rivals deals with an important topic not only at boarding schools, but at all schools in general--a cheating ring. While I really enjoyed this book, it didn't quite have the power that the first book did.
While I'm still not sure that a system like this would work in a real school (and we kind of see that in the book) I'm the type of person that definitely sees right from wrong. I think I would be on a board like this, if I atte...more
Just like the first book (The Mockingbirds), The Rivals deals with an important topic not only at boarding schools, but at all schools in general--a cheating ring. While I really enjoyed this book, it didn't quite have the power that the first book did.
While I'm still not sure that a system like this would work in a real school (and we kind of see that in the book) I'm the type of person that definitely sees right from wrong. I think I would be on a board like this, if I atte...more
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Scrivere una recensione su libri a sfondo sovrannaturale mi riesce più facile, lo ammetto, perché tendo a mettere un po' di distanza tra me e il libro. Quando invece mi trovo davanti libri come The Rivals è impossibile non fermarsi a riflettere su tematiche un po' più profonde, anche se lontane dal nostro ambito culturale.
Di Daisy Whitney avevo già letto The Mockingbirds, il cui tema principale era lo stupr...more
Scrivere una recensione su libri a sfondo sovrannaturale mi riesce più facile, lo ammetto, perché tendo a mettere un po' di distanza tra me e il libro. Quando invece mi trovo davanti libri come The Rivals è impossibile non fermarsi a riflettere su tematiche un po' più profonde, anche se lontane dal nostro ambito culturale.
Di Daisy Whitney avevo già letto The Mockingbirds, il cui tema principale era lo stupr...more
As usual, I'll say more closer to the release! I got to read an early incarnation of The Rivals a while back and it was exciting. What it has become since that early read is even more exciting. It takes a bold, daring writer to establish all the ground rules in Book One (which was The Mockingbirds, which I also loved) and then proceed to DECONSTRUCT EVERY SINGLE LAST ONE OF THEM in the second book. Daisy Whitney is a bold, daring writing. This book is an unraveling of everything you thought you...more
The Mockingbirds are back! However, this time they are dealing with a so-called 'victimless' crime, which is trickier than any case they've ever dealt with before. When the trail starts to unravel and Alex's world starts to fall apart, will she be able to make the right decisions?
I highly enjoyed The Mockingbirds (please click on the link below to see my review) and I was not disappointed by The Rivals. I think that it's very disturbing when the faculty don't want to actually help any of the stu...more
I highly enjoyed The Mockingbirds (please click on the link below to see my review) and I was not disappointed by The Rivals. I think that it's very disturbing when the faculty don't want to actually help any of the stu...more
This was another good book by Daisy Whitney. I didn't really enjoy the recapping; but, I guess that is somewhat necessary when you have a sequel. I just didn't like that I finished the first one and jumped right into the second and the second was recapping little things from the first book even as far as page 77 out of 344.
Anyway, I liked that this book also tried to tackle an important issue, that of drug abuse and the lack of punishments from faculty. It is really important to bring up the iss...more
Anyway, I liked that this book also tried to tackle an important issue, that of drug abuse and the lack of punishments from faculty. It is really important to bring up the iss...more
I didn't read The Mockingbirds, and The Rivals is its sequel. However, most new readers to the series will glean enough from the opening of The Rivals to know what happened and will be able to follow the characters. That said, I felt that there was too much backstory in the first 50 pages. I wanted to put it down several times. There simply wasn't much conflict or suspense to keep me reading until about page 65. That's when a rival for the mc's affection arrived and so did the first real inkling...more
I started off not enjoying The Rivals as much as I did The Mockingbirds. With the Mockingbirds, I was sucked in right away and couldn't put it down. The Rivals started off a little more slowly with Alex now as the head of the Mockingbirds at Themis Academy; they begin the school year investigating a ring of cheaters who are all taking an ADHD drug to increase performance. The case itself wasn't as interesting to me as the conflict Alex has as the head of this investigation-- she slowly begins to...more
I loved The Mockingbirds and at the end of that book, I was excited to see where the sequel would lead since I really liked the characters, but I almost felt like the story was over. So, I had my worries that this installment would not live up to the first, that it would just be unneeded. I'm happy to report that my worries were completely unwarranted.
The Rivals leads the reader down many false paths and scary revelations as the characters struggle to find themselves, protect others, and to ult...more
The Rivals leads the reader down many false paths and scary revelations as the characters struggle to find themselves, protect others, and to ult...more
3.5 on blog. Has been rounded up.
The Mockingbirds was an excellent novel and one I loved immensely. I was worried about why The Mockingbirds had a sequel and after having read it, my opinions are still mixed. While I respected Daisy Whitney's ability to show that what happened to Alex did not just dissolve after a few months, the rest of the novel felt unnecessary. The Rivals was a good book nonetheless but not as good as The Mockingbirds.
For one, the plot focused a lot on a large drug ring tha...more
The Mockingbirds was an excellent novel and one I loved immensely. I was worried about why The Mockingbirds had a sequel and after having read it, my opinions are still mixed. While I respected Daisy Whitney's ability to show that what happened to Alex did not just dissolve after a few months, the rest of the novel felt unnecessary. The Rivals was a good book nonetheless but not as good as The Mockingbirds.
For one, the plot focused a lot on a large drug ring tha...more
First I'd like to clarify that I'm very much a bell curve grader for books. For me 3 stars is an okay book that I enjoyed, but didn't really like or love. I rarely give a book 5 stars so a 3 star book is pretty good and not necessarily a critical review.
Having said that, I enjoyed The Rivals, but not nearly as much as I liked the first book in this series, The Mockingbirds.
Overall, however, I do enjoy Ms. Whitney's writing style and I think she creates very real, believable teenage characters, w...more
Having said that, I enjoyed The Rivals, but not nearly as much as I liked the first book in this series, The Mockingbirds.
Overall, however, I do enjoy Ms. Whitney's writing style and I think she creates very real, believable teenage characters, w...more
I received an ARC copy of The Rivals by Daisy Whitney to review. It will come out in February 2012.
The Rivals by Daisy Whitney is the follow up to the debut novel, The Mockingbirds. Picking up right at the start of the new school year for Alex, it doesn’t take long for Alex and the rest of the Mockingbird board to get involved in a new case. Only this time, the case isn’t so simple. It’s about an alleged cheating ring that supposedly has a large group of students drawn in. As the newly elected l...more
The Rivals by Daisy Whitney is the follow up to the debut novel, The Mockingbirds. Picking up right at the start of the new school year for Alex, it doesn’t take long for Alex and the rest of the Mockingbird board to get involved in a new case. Only this time, the case isn’t so simple. It’s about an alleged cheating ring that supposedly has a large group of students drawn in. As the newly elected l...more
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Usually, I review a book immediately after I finish it, but this one slipped through the cracks for some reason. It wasn't until I saw that Magan @ Rather Be Reading had picked up a copy at the library that I realized that I'd also read the book, but hadn't posted a review! Not that it means the book is unmemorable -- I've just had a busy past few weeks, and it slipped my mind.
For those who haven't read The Mockingbirds yet, STOP READING NOW! This book picks up where the first one left off, at t...more
For those who haven't read The Mockingbirds yet, STOP READING NOW! This book picks up where the first one left off, at t...more
THESE BOOKS. MY BRAIN. I just have opinions on ALL the opinions. What a crazy complex, difficult, important look at ethics, and so different one book to the next. People: read these. Think things. Expand your brain box.
Anyway, with MOCKINGBIRDS I opined that I couldn't buy into (read: couldn't stomach buying into) the idea that any set of intelligent adults in charge of the daily welfare of teens would so WILLFULLY ignore such horrid behavior all for plaques and accolades. Well. WELL. Feel free,...more
Anyway, with MOCKINGBIRDS I opined that I couldn't buy into (read: couldn't stomach buying into) the idea that any set of intelligent adults in charge of the daily welfare of teens would so WILLFULLY ignore such horrid behavior all for plaques and accolades. Well. WELL. Feel free,...more
Alex is one of those characters it's impossible to dislike. She has a good heart, a good head, and she's trying to do the right thing. It's obvious from that start that she doesn't know how to handle her new role as the head of The Mockingbirds, and people take advantage of that left and right.
What I liked the most about her, however, was the fact that everything that happened in The Mockingbirds wasn't erased. It still mattered. Alex was still recovering, rebuilding, and working towards breakin...more
What I liked the most about her, however, was the fact that everything that happened in The Mockingbirds wasn't erased. It still mattered. Alex was still recovering, rebuilding, and working towards breakin...more
This sequel to “The Mockingbirds” finds Alex Patrick head of the eponymous school society. This time, she has to investigate whether or not the debate team is participating in an illegal drug ring, selling prescription stimulants. The novel raised some interesting questions for Alex about whether or not she needs to remain loyal to her friends or loyal to, you know, “the truth”, but while this novel continued Alex’s growth as a character, I didn’t really feel like the amount of growth was signif...more
I loved The Mockingbirds. I loved that it addresses the topic of date rape with class and respect without making the crime any less horrific. I wasn't sure what I would think of the sequel- how could the author top the emotional journey that takes place in The Mockingbirds? I was very pleasantly surprised that the next installment of Alex's journey was just as heartfelt and moving. Alex is still struggling with what happened to her last year plus she is dealing with the pressures of senior year...more
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By day, Daisy Whitney is a reporter and ghostwriter. At night, she writes novels for teens and is the author of THE MOCKINGBIRDS and its sequel THE RIVALS (Little, Brown). Her third novel WHEN YOU WERE HERE releases in June 2013 (Little, Brown), and her fourth novel STARRY NIGHTS (Bloomsbury) hits shelves in September 2013.When Daisy's not inventing fictional high school worlds, she can be found s...more
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