This felt like an ending. I don’t know what Nesbø has planned next, if he will do another Hole book or move to something else (I could see an interesting series about Kripos detective Sung-min Larsen). If he stopped the Hole series here, it would feel right.

The book is more introspective than the others. All the characters, even relatively minor ones, seem to have lo have long expository, almost philosophical paragraphs. At times it was a bit much. But the nature of the story also demanded it at times

The denouement was...shocking, really. No spoilers, but if one is emotionally attached to the characters, you will be tested.