Hehe, I know what you mean about Hugo's writing, I think I skipped the chapter in Notre Dame de Paris about the bird's eye view of Paris! But I'm excited for this book.
Well, I'm so glad to hear it! As I said before, don't keep it to yourself! There are terribly few people to talk to about TMWLs. It seems like such a shame.
Already I'm loving it to pieces, and I'm only at the beginning. I love his descriptions of the characters. I know what you mean about being inspired to draw from it, I already want to draw Homo!