Worth reading Les Misérables if already seen the musical?

By driftsPocket93

I’m thinking about finally reading Victor Hugo’s *Les Misérables* and wanted to ask people who’ve already gotten through it—what did you think? Is it still worth it if you already know the main storyline? Also, does it feel super different from the musical? I’ve seen the Broadway show and I’ve watched the 2012 movie-musical version a bunch (it’s one of my favorite movies), so I’m not sure how much that changes things. For reference, I just finished Dumas’s *The Three Musketeers* and I honestly loved it. It was so fun I didn’t want to stop reading, even when midterms were coming up. I know *The Count of Monte Cristo* is probably next since I loved Dumas so much, but I’m saving it for later and I’d rather try another big French Romantic writer first—so I’m deciding between *The Hunchback of Notre-Dame* and *Les Misérables*. I haven’t read any Hugo before, so whichever I pick will basically be my intro to him.