Should I read Middlemarch to the end?

By spring-copper1982

I’m almost 460 pages in, which is over half, and I just don’t feel like it’s worth pushing through any more. I really want to be wrong here since everybody talks about it like it’s one of the best books ever, maybe the best. I do like the characters — Dorothea, Will, Lydgate, and even Mr. Brooke to some extent — and I do love Eliot’s writing, plus the way she captures human feelings is honestly amazing. But even with all that, I still don’t find it all that interesting, and it’s been really exhausting to read. It’s taken me close to 6 months with a bunch of breaks, reading other books in between, just to get to page 460, and the only reason I’m even thinking about continuing is because everyone says it’s a must-read classic. Still, I’m not sure it’s worth it anymore. Am I missing something?