[4] Galina Yuzefovich (Russian: Галина Юзефович), a prominent literary critic, wrote about The Letters till Midnight: “The novel does more than an actual investigation of the events [sexual abuse episodes in a well-known Moscow high-school]; it is an emotional reflection – and profoundly persuasive at that”.
[5] Dmitry Bykov, in a lecture on the ten years of Russian literature on Dozhd TV channel, called The Letters till Midnight “an attempt to reflect on the new sexuality”.
[10] The review argues that Russian literature lacks books dealing with the issues of transgenderness and feminism, and praises the author for focusing on the topic.
The protagonist character, Mishka (Miriam) Mironova, is a sixteen years-old high-school student with a unique ability to solve violent crimes.
Sonin co-wrote the script for Konstantin Fam’s film The Meyerhold’s Biomechanics, which was scheduled to be released in 2022 and has contributed literature reviews to major Russian print media.