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    Audiobook11 hours

    Sorry

    Written by Zoran Drvenkar

    Narrated by Robin Bowerman

    3.5/5

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    Berlin. Four friends. One extreme idea.
    One of the most gripping thrillers ever written.

    Kris, Tamara,Wolf and Frauke set up an agency called Sorry. An agency to right wrongs. Unfair dismissals, the wrongly accused: everyone has a price, and Sorry will find out what it is. It’s as simple as that.

    What they hadn’t counted on was their next client being a cold-hearted killer. But who is the killer and why has he killed? Someone is mocking them and hell is only just beginning.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 1, 2012
    ISBN9780007458967
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    Zoran Drvenkar

    Zoran Drvenkar was born in Croatia in 1967 and moved to Germany when he was three years old. He has been working as a writer since 1989 and doesn’t like to be pinned down to one genre. He has written over twenty novels, ranging from children’s and young adult books to the darker crime novels Sorry and You. In 2010, Sorry won Germany’s Friedrich Glauser Prize for crime fiction. He lives in an old mill outside Berlin.

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    • 4/5
      Seeing a couple break-up in public Kris goes over to apologise to the woman. He tells her that her ex is sorry for what he has done, that he wishes he hadn’t, that he wanted to say this himself but couldn’t. It makes her feel better. Of course, it was a lie, Kris doesn’t know this woman. Doesn’t know her boyfriend, he just thought it would help her. And now, it has given him an idea. All around Berlin there are people, corporations who would like to say sorry, but they just don’t know how. Kris is going to set up an agency. A company to apologise on another’s behalf.

      And what a success he, his brother and their friends make of this enterprise. Soon they are getting more jobs than they can handle. They are making so much money they don’t know how to spend it. It seems like things are going well. But there is always a but, isn’t there?

      In this case it results in Wolf standing in front of a dead woman. A murdered woman, with instructions to apologise to her. And then to dispose of the body. And from here, things get a lot worse.

      I’m a bit conflicted over this book. It isn’t my usual sort of read, but I do like to pick up something “different” every now and then, and this is certainly different. It is divided into sections and timelines. Before and After. And while some chapters are told in the usual third person narrator, others are first person, while others are second person. And there is a mystery over who these narrators are. It makes for a confusing read to start with. But once you come to grips with that you can get more into the mystery aspect.

      Who is the murderer? Who are the murder victims? And what does it all have to do with the agency?

      And then of course there are the bigger underlying themes. What is remorse? Forgiveness? What is an excuse and what is a reason? Where does compassion and understanding end and judgement and condemnation begin.

      As I read the opening few chapters of this novel I was almost ready to put it down and forget about it, but the more I read the more interested I became. I still don’t think I’d rave about it, but it certainly raises some interesting questions.
    • 4/5
      I picked up this crime novel because of a glowing review in the NYT. It is the story of four Gen X slackers who don't yet know what to do with their lives. One of them comes up with the idea of setting up a company which provides the service of apologizing to people for its clients. Originally, it was imagined that most of its clients would be companies laying off employees. Some clients were, but there were many other types too, and the company flourished. One day, a mysterious client calls and sends them to a particular address to make an apology. When they arrive, they discover a dead body nailed to the wall. They are horrified, and when contacted by the client try to back off. The client then threatens each of them with hurting someone they love, so the four do the wishes of this mysterious client.The NYT review seemed impressed mostly by the manner in which the novel is narrated. For the most part, an unknown narrator directly addresses the reader: "We're now approaching the start. You are now ready for the present and know who's going to be crossing your path. Over the next few days you will learn more about Frauke, Tamara and Wolf. Kris, on the other hand will remain a mystery to you." Throughout, the book plays with point of view. It also contains some gruesome scenes of pedophilia and murders. It is a well-crafted book and stayed with me quite a while.
    • 4/5
      This was quite an interesting thriller. I found each of the characters interesting, and the small amout of back stories about who they are helped to set the scene of their personalities. I really liked that each chapter was told by a different character, including the killer. About 1/3 through the book I picked who might be the killer, and I was correct, but I didn't pick the final piece of information about them. I found this book very graphic in its depiction of some scenes and it touched on some very heavy topics, which I did not see coming based on the synopsis.If violence, abuse, sexual assault (with minors) are trigger points, then this is a book to stay clear from. However, it is one of the best thrillers I've ever read, even if it is quite a disturbing story line.
    • 3/5
      I picked up this thriller because I saw it recommended for fans of Stieg Larsson, and I saw that it's translated from the German. I kinda figured that if it's good enough to translate, it must be a cut above the average.
      For most of the book, I did think that it was above average. I think the translator did an excellent job; I didn't notice any awkward language at all. I very much liked the narrative style, which I truth was brought over faithfully from the original. I thought it was very well-written, and it also had good narrative tension - it keeps the reader busy keeping track of details and figuring out clues.
      The initial premise was intriguing - a small group of college friends start a business making professional apologies for businesses - tendering offers to those wrongly fired, for example. But apparently, a killer misunderstands the point of their business, and "hires" them to make his mess "right."
      So far, so good. But as the crimes were gradually revealed, I found it progressively more banal and typical of this genre. It was still good - but I thought it could have been just a bit better.
    • 5/5
      Das einzige Buch, dass ich tatsächlich innerhalb von 24 Stunden las. Spannung pur...und für Berliner sowieso.
    • 3/5
      This book set in Germany. 4 friends start an agency that says sorry on behalf of other people. This does well makes them some money. Then they need to apologise for somone and get rid of a body. They are scared to go to the Police, more people are murdered including 2 of the 4 friends. Book started really well then I got confused, book tried to be to clever. This was a story I was glad to finish. Not for me.
    • 4/5
      Not really sure how to review this. The first half of the book I was tempted to give up on it but didn't. Real readers never do! The second half was engaging and I rushed to finish the last 20% or so. But I'm still not sure what's it's all about! I should read it again but haven't got the energy and too many other books to read. SORRY!
    • 5/5
      A fascinating read. It takes some getting used to, but once I was drawn in, I was unstoppable. This is a book you have to read twice to fully understand everything. I loved it and will be reading it again.
    • 5/5
      Very impressed with this one! From the cover I was expecting a standard crime/serial killer novel, the kind of thing you would buy from WH Smiths for a train journey. How wrong i was! Sorry has a good story which is elevated by the authors narrative device of including the reader as an active participant. The subject matter can certainly be a little uncomfortable at times and the book is unlikely to appeal to everyone but I feel it is well worth the effort. Its nice to see a refreshing book that attempts to do something new in an otherwise rather stagnant genre.
    • 3/5
      Drvenkar made his name writing for children but Sorry is most definitely not for youngsters, containing graphic scenes of violence and abuse, and switching between second third and even first person in a bleak postmodern noir thriller in which the reader is forced into the role of participant. Translated from the German, the tale features four young unemployed Berliners who start a wildly successive business: they offer an apology service to businesses and professionals and before long are living the good life in a luxurious lakeside villa. But then they are hired by a client from hell, a sadistic killer bent on revenge for childhood sexual abuse who makes them apologize to his victims and dispose of their corpses. Sorry is an uncomfortable but very powerful read.
    • 4/5
      I had mixed feeling about this book translated to English, German book! The writing style was very unique in that I became one of the characters, which I liked. Didn't care for the grisly moments! Had a hard time connecting with the characters. A bit too dark for me!