It packs so much in such a short read! Dunno if it was the translation or the medium but I was hooked. Wish I'd read it earlier in life, but either way I am planning a re-read as we speak.
Disclaimer about the edition tho: I read the dramatized version that Jeremy Howe did for the BBC and which is free on Youtube (insanely good, 10/10 would recommend) but since that is not a book proper, I am listing the translation from which that adaptation was based on.