Zoran Drvenkar
Hardcover | Pages: 325 pages Rating: 3.55 | 2313 Users | 383 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Sorry |
| ISBN: | 0007439253 (ISBN13: 9780007439256) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Berlin(Germany) |
| Literary Awards: | Friedrich-Glauser-Preis for Kriminalroman (2010) |
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sorry, no.but the people that froth over The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo will likely find something to appreciate here. this has all the same over-the-top violence and sexual abuse coupled with characters i can't seem to give a damn about with many branching storylines that eventually converge in a way that seems overplotted.
so, very reminiscent of that book, to which i gave three stars, but which the more i think about, the less i actually feel it deserves. violence doesn't bother me - i am one of the people who liked American Psycho. in fact, i borrowed this from work because the cover flap started thusly:
One. Two. Three. That’s all it takes to drive the nail into her head, to leave her hanging on the wall. She deserved to die. Now all he needs is absolution for his sins, and he knows just the people who can help.
and i was all "woohoo!!" because i am sick. and i thought that would be funny to read. but all of it is written very earnestly, without any sense of humor, so what's the point? it isn't entertaining. it isn't even boring in a way that makes you uncomfortable, like funny games. it is just an unthrilling thriller with a lot of violence and characters who seem to have difficulty adapting to their situation, and making all the wrong moves.
especially frauke - because seriously - how did you expect that was going to end any other way?? oops, girl.
these characters do the darndest things, and it is frustrating to read this book, as a human being. if this were a movie, you would all be shuussssshing me because i would be yelling "what are you doing that for?? are you daft?? why would you think that was a good idea??" over and over.
or maybe you wouldn't, because you would probably also hate the movie. and you would share your raisinets with me in solidarity.
this makes two two-star books in a row, and that makes me grumpy.
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| Title | : | Sorry |
| Author | : | Zoran Drvenkar |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 325 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2012 by Blue Door (first published 2009) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Crime. Horror |
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Ratings: 3.55 From 2313 Users | 383 ReviewsPiece Based On Books Sorry
Four young friends come up with an idea - make apologies for a living. Their business takes off and they are living the good life until a killer client comes along. This isn't your average thriller as the reader is introduced to "you." "You" have nailed a woman to the wall and "you" want to employ these friends to apologize for her death. Great.I found this novel to be highly original and although I did not love all of it; I was compelled to read on. The jumbled time line, the switching betweenI enjoyed, or at least was intrigued, by much of the book. Towards the last quarter or so however, I really started to wonder where it was going, and how the various characters and threads were going to come together. Well, spoiler: They didn't. Certainly not in a logical or sensible manner, in any event.
Very ambivalent about this book. Extremely ambitious and skillfully written, but also disturbing. Almost pornographic in its violence, and at times it makes the reader feel complicit in the characters' perversity. Not sorry I read it, but not at all sure I would recommend it.t
Unapologetically thrillingWho is you and who is I?Figuring that out is part of the entertainment in this gripping and slippery, grisly thriller that keeps convoluting reality with its use of language and shifting points of view.But stick with it and try to keep up as time and narrator change. Itll be worth it. Sorry is that kind of a novel that will stay buried in your head for a long time to come.A literary trickster, Drvenkar is best at manipulation. Hes a master of control and sometimes hes
Drvenkar claims this is a thriller; in my book, this was more of a horror story!My TakeThis was godawful horrible. I'll give Sorry a "5" for the concept behind it and for the mechanics of the writing which was very good as well as the high level of horror, but Drvenkar kept it all so vague that I was never sure what was happening---a "2" in my book which averages out to a "3.5".I suspect the vagueness is necessary for part of the story---the part that holds back the identity of the murderer. But
First of all: I doubt Drvenkar is for everybody. His writing (narrative) style is probably something you either love or hate. I for once love it. Either way, what we can agree on: It's something very different.So here are the things you might want to know about Sorry (don't say I didn't warn you). It has multiple narrators. And different point of views. There's all of it: First person POV, second person POV (Drvenkar does that brilliantly, his other most brilliant Thriller Du is written
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