“A brilliant novel. Five fantastic present-day stories that all have their roots in the wartime story of the mysterious Isak Meyer … the reader has a wonderful read to look forward to … Øybø skillfully manoeuvres between the present and the past in a seamless interplay, creating suspense out of small events that are mixed up with a much larger context … The gorgeous prose, the playfulness, the historical facts and the splendid dialogues – I cannot get enough of this combination”
Adresseavisen, 6/6 stars

“This is a novel with many layers … The novel is at its strongest when he portrays ordinary people who sense and live and lie as best they can, in war and in peace. And also when he shows how infinitely complex life can be before it is remoulded into a story that adds up.”
NRK Bok

“Brilliant storytelling … an intense and untraditional family mystery – and a highly suspenseful one …  Øybø’s prose is excellent and he cleverly lets the dialogue dominate … Øybø shows how tiny events in the past can overturn lives in the present. That makes the novel a brilliant exploration of history, but above all it’s a brilliant story of identity and origins.”
Dagbladet

“Øybø writes well about history and the individual in history … The Last Survivor Is Dead is a rich novel. As always Mattis Øybø har complete control over his prose and the novel’s structure. He refrains from showing all the pieces, all the details, of the jigsaw puzzle, and instead trusts the reader to at least glimpse the larger picture. The result is a good, wise novel.
Dagsavisen

“A clear literary construction, but so finely tuned that the reader’s feeling of recognition and identification never stumbles in the different parts. It’s sharply observed, intelligently designed and professionally executed”
Geir Pollen, Klassekampen