I have this on audiobook. This is my third time listening to it (need something to soothe me to sleep at the moment). It is entirely in rhyme. I hadn’t realised until reading another user’s comment that it is based on Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin. It is a well-crafted novel (a testament to Pushkin I now suppose), dealing with twenty-somethings in an urban landscape, and exploring relationships between friends, family, and lovers. The audio version has some very well-written and evocative music to enhance the book.