I liked the premise of the book very much and it succeeded in bringing to life the unique setting and the atmosphere. I was involved into characters' stories and social happenings around. What was bothering me for the majority of time was Sonia as a narrator. Her first person perspective was more of a distant omniscient narrator than of a main character who lived through all that. Although she had a deep reflections on her life and relationships, she remained very poised and monotonous, even boring. What added to the structure of the book were parts of text written as play scripts and I really liked that little experiment. All in all, a solid work.