This is pretty much everything I want from a classic novella.
There is poetic, but still understandable and on point, language, you feel like you're in another time and place when reading it and there is some strange humor to it.
I also liked the mystery surrounding this place and the way the people were described by the protagonist, with a strange fascination for them, and by the doctor, who totally judges them.

I normally would criticize the love at first sight trope, but his attraction felt fitting in this situation and with 55 pages, how much time is there to fall in love?

I absolutely adored reading this :)