Yup. That's one I've never even tried to drag myself through.

Now, I have read Les Miserables which is 1500 pages and really liked it (well, most of it -- I admit to skimming through some chapters here and there--he gets bogged down in long lists of historical names and events that mean nothing to me). I only decided to attempt it because I am a huge fan of the musical (on stage) and I wanted to compare the two. Still prefer the musical, but having read the novel made me appreciate the history and understand some of the missing pieces in the musical. The movie was good; it especially did a nice job of filling in some of that history and those missing pieces, but I still prefer to see it live on stage.