Personally, I found the book's premise, albeit complex and highly unique, to be a confusing conglomerate of partially Revealed facts which, out of necessity, I gradually attempted to piece together with my own wild and mostly unconfirmed assumptions.  While I anticipated the element of deceit and surprise to play a factor in the narrative, I wasn't expecting to be thrust headfirst into an entirely unfamiliar world with little forewarning and even less explanation.  Most disconcertingly, the main character, who was similarly forced into this entirely new environment which failed to obey the laws of the natural world, elected to tackle everything unquestioningly, never conveying alarm, surprise, or shock at the introduction of a new phenomena.  I'm still at a loss as to how she gleaned information about the world around her that failed to be revealed by other characters.  Regardless of how she stumbled across this knowledge, she didn't feel the need to share in most scenarios, further compounding my frustration.