I am not sure how well a non gamer would take it. I recall some tricky platforming or timing sections which would be too much.

As a matter of fact, I recall I had to cheat to lookup the solution to a puzzle or two, only to discover I had the right idea, but was executing it too poorly to work.

FWIW they did go back and refine some of the puzzles after launch, so depending on when you played it might be smoother now.