I like that I didn't have to have read the earlier books in the series to follow along. I struggled with following along with all the characters and Norwegian names only to realize later that there is a guide to the characters in the story available online :). Even though, I knew early along who the murderer/Snowman was I particularly enjoyed the added suspense Nesbo included throughout the book. It wasn't just about whodunnit, it was about understanding why and how these murders took place and why exactly other characters were so entangled in this web that they were mistakenly deemed by the police to be "the Snowman." These factors are what made the book interesting for me. I wasn't so enticed however to start reading another book in the series and didn't find Nesbo's writing so amazing either. I will see the recently release movie; love seeing how books to movies are interpreted. It was a good, entertaining read with an interesting storyline and some suspense along the way.