All i can saybis that a combination of eyesight and not reading too much hard stuff when I was young means that it is rare fir me to get through a whole book if it is challenging, but I did get through TTW and enjoyed it. I have not seen the movie, but I have heard it is not that good.
Exactly the same comments can be made about Chocolat, by the way. Add that to the list too, or not.