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At the world’s most exclusive law school, there’s a secret society rumored to catapult its members to fame and fortune. Everyone is dying to get in…

Jeremy Davis is the rising star of his first-year class. He’s got a plum job with the best professor on campus. He’s caught the eye of a dazzling Rhodes scholar named Daphne. But something dark is stirring behind the ivy. When
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Hardcover, 307 pages
Published June 1st 2010 by Atria Books (first published May 6th 2010)
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Tanya
Oct 06, 2011 rated it did not like it
Wow. This was awful. The beginning is great and you think you're in for a good read. Sadly, you are not. Any review you read of this book will tell you it's a "page turner" and this is true. The writing is engaging. About half way through, you realize that this book is about to take a completely, utterly ridiculous plot turn. Once it goes there, it's just so lame that you can't believe you're actually reading it. Several times I was thinking "Oh, my God, did he really go there?". It's a blatant ...more
Vicky
Mar 24, 2011 rated it really liked it
If you want a good, entertaining, quick read for the beach, this would be a good book to pick up and take along. Reminiscent of the “Indiana Jones” movies, it is set in a stodgy ivy league New England law school. Jeremy Davis, the “hero” of the book, has been selected to attend the world’s most exclusive law school. He’s always been a good student, but he’s not quite sure why he’s there. One of th more prestigious law professor’s on campus takes him on to be his research assistant. Then invites ...more
A Book Vacation
May 15, 2010 rated it really liked it
I really enjoyed reading this novel! There were a lot of twists and turns, and the adrenaline just kept pumping! I read the entire book in one sitting; I just couldn't put it down. There is some mystical realism involved, which I thoroughly enjoy, and the characters were memorable. The ending leaves the reader wishing for more, but leaves much room for speculation, which many great novels do. For instance, what happened to Miles? Could he be part of the V&D... is that why he suddenly disappeared ...more
Helane
Apr 25, 2010 rated it it was amazing
I found The Faculty Club to be a fun, exciting thriller, with lots of plot twists and interesting, well-developed characters. The plot was engaging and the writing fresh. I think it will appeal to all types of readers, not just those who love thrillers.
Dustin Crazy little brown owl
An impressive first novel. A thought provoking journey through the secrets and pathways of society with opportunities to set things right. A mystery with multiple twists - definitely kept my interest.

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I bought this book during the Borders Bookstore Liquidation Sale of 2011. Finally got arou
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Chazzle
Aug 09, 2010 rated it really liked it
Really interesting book. This sweeping story begins resembling a movie called "The Skulls", about a secret powerful society lurking in an Ivy League college. The plot then departs into more mystical and impossible terrain. Although you need to suspend your disbelief, the incredible, yet entertaining, occurrences serve to explore profound philosophical, especially ethical territory. Does the end justify the means? In morally ambiguous situations, what is the right thing to do? This book may stay ...more
Alesssandra
Aug 13, 2010 rated it liked it
The Firm meets National Treasure. The writer pulls a lot from his life experience (Harvard, Yale, Law school, life in Texas) and some of the details are good - but it gets a bit tiresome to be so firmly NOT HARVARD where it pulls so much from Harvard. It's a summer beach read. The Romance Novel equal to a thriller. Not as good as Grisham, but fun. Has some nice quotes and also nice things pulled from legal lectures. ...more
Lindsey
Mar 30, 2010 rated it really liked it
I found it to be an interesting take on a old concept.
Hannah
Jan 27, 2021 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
what a strange book. at times it felt like there were two different writers, wrestling for control of a story that kept getting more and more convoluted and layered (and not in a good way). i imagine that danny tobey envisioned the book to have this grand message at the end, that gaining and utilizing knowledge was worth everything in the world, even if the most ambitious and youthful were forsaken because of it. hmmm. i don't know. maybe i'm just assigning some type of meaning to justify my tim ...more
Kaili
Jul 10, 2010 rated it it was ok
This was a book that I picked up on a whim from the library's New Book shelf. The premise sounded interesting: A young man begins law school at a prestigious law school and hopes to
claim one of the coveted spots in the mysterious "Faculty Club". In his quest, he discovers why the club is so secretive and becomes a target of the members who are trying to protect their endevours. The problem with the book is that the author rushes the plot making the storyline seem impossible... I had trouble keep
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Misti
Dec 09, 2016 rated it did not like it
This book started out with potential; it was a pretty good read at first even though there were a lot of little inconsistencies that I had to ignore. These started right away on page 2 when the law school is described as one that has "no tours, no interviews, no brochures". A couple paragraphs later on the same page the main character is on his way to his first class and he passes a tour guide giving a tour! The actions of the characters got less and less believable the further I got into the st ...more
Joella Tunnell
Dec 10, 2010 rated it it was amazing
This is the young author's first book, and hope he writes more. It was fast moving - lots of action and mystery and a touch of the supernatural, and twists and turns. And even some touches of humor in the most unexpected places. ...more
Henry Klapholz
Apr 26, 2010 rated it it was amazing
This is one terrific novel. I simply could not put it down. Surprises, mystery, vivid portrayals....I kept trying to second guess what would happen next ... This could one heck of a thriller movie.
William
May 02, 2010 rated it it was amazing
What distinguishes The Faculty Club from other thrillers is the depth of characterization and the philosophical questions. It challenges as it entertains.
Suzie Fullmer
Jun 10, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: mystery-suspense
Pretty good summer thriller. It starts out a little like the movie "Skulls" but then takes an unexpected u-turn into sci-fi that was interesting. ...more
Stephanie
Jun 20, 2011 rated it liked it
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Sherice
Sep 04, 2017 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Boo! I can't finish this. I guess I thought it was a faculty club story but it's really a secret society story where students get in and secret stuff happens. Just not into secret stuff and ppl feeling so compelled to belong. Never was like that. ...more
Martha Steele
Nov 27, 2019 rated it liked it
I got about half way through this before I realized I'd already read it. That was pre-goodreads days. It was ok, but not great enough to go a second time. ...more
Mary T
Jan 14, 2020 rated it it was ok
Very silly. Gotta start reading more substantial books.
Tracy
Mar 31, 2020 rated it really liked it
Pretty entertaining read and kept my interest even during the lockdown!
joanna ☻ (she/they)
dnf. only got about 50 pages in, but man the setting and characters were so bland. i really wanted to keep going, but i just couldn’t bring myself to pick it back up.
Jennifer Sirico
Aug 08, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Really good, I am so intrigued by secret societies and hidden rooms.
Steven
Jul 22, 2017 rated it it was amazing
"The Faculty Club" is a great novel. If you love novels about secret societies, you must read this.

Some people could criticize the novel and say "It's similar to other secret society novels", but a fan of such books knows that every secret society has a different story to tell, and the only "similarity" is the oath of secrecy.
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Oct 28, 2010 rated it really liked it
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Nicolas Shump
Jun 01, 2012 rated it liked it
While I did not ultimately like Danny Tobey's debut novel, The Faculty Club, I must confess that I may have been colored by the author bio. It reads "Danny Tobey is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School." Some guys have all the luck, right? It's pretty easy to hate a guy like this without knowing anything else about him, isn't it?
The novel begins with a flashback from the narrator recounting his parent's reaction to his acceptance into law school. Curiously the author refers to the
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Chrissy
Nov 09, 2014 rated it it was ok
So, I *thought* THE FACULTY CLUB would be a really cool book. I mean, the blurb on the back ROCKS! It sounds all spooky and scary and thrillerish, described as a fast paced novel centered around a young law student at a prestigious Ivy League University who is recruited as a potential member of a top secret and dangerous club that allegedly gives its members great powers, riches, and authorities. Cool, right?

WRONG!!

Argh, for starers -- I hated our "rising star," Jeremy Davis. For someone presume
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Susan
May 10, 2011 rated it it was ok
The rural Texas upbringing of Jeremy Davis is almost at odds with his drive as he embarks on a serious journey out of his comfort zone in the Ivy League law school that has made presidents and important social pillars during its history. The pressure to perform, the need to fit in, the exclusive club veiled in secrecy and the innate curiosity of a first year law student. But the school has a dark side hidden beneath its polished faculty and large, dusty library and imposing brick halls. Just how ...more
Chris Matney
Nov 03, 2013 rated it liked it
This is a hard book to rate, and I'm giving it a bit of a bump because it is a debut novel. It is certainly an interesting start for a promising author.

What Mr. Tobey does well, he does extremely well. The setup for the Faculty Club is deep and rich - a mysterious secret organization within the confines of an ivory-league university law school. From the very start, there are hints something is amiss - thinly veiled by the veneer of an mundane, super-competitive academic environment. My only comp
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Rickey Russell
Jul 30, 2012 rated it liked it
Danny Tobey’s supernatural thriller The Faculty Club is a straight forward suspenseful story of secret orders, life changing events and the occult. The novel follows a young man from rural America who is just too smart for his own good. Accepted to the number one Ivy League school in the nation he soon finds out that academia is the least of his worries. He finds himself in a fight with a sinister underworld of rich and powerful elitist. The story follows along the same line as many stories abou ...more
Erin
Sep 28, 2011 rated it did not like it
I had high hopes for The Faculty Club by Danny Tobey. I thought it would be fun and entertaining to read an action-packed, legal thriller, but I found this book to be just plain ridiculous and silly. Even by a stretch of the imagination, this book is totally unrealistic and outlandish. The plot deals with a first-year law student at a prestigious school that we assume to be Harvard, as he tries to gain admittance into a secret society where members achieve eternal life. Tobey ends up relying on ...more
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Danny Tobey is the author of THE GOD GAME, arriving January 7, 2020 from St. Martin's press. He is a fifth-generation Texan and a graduate of Harvard College, Yale Law School, and UT Southwestern medical school. Harvard gave Danny the Edward Eager prize "for the best creative writing." He wrote and edited the Harvard Lampoon and was anthologized in The Best of the Harvard Lampoon: 140 Years of Ame ...more

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