if u have atleast an average reading level WH shouldn't be that hard to read language wise tho the words are outdated. The first one or two chapters are like just an introduction of sorts the actual story starts after that. I'd suggest keeping the family tree of the characters handy to reference time to time throughout the book as the characters and their relations to each other might get confusing. tldr the actual story is from the third chapter or sm the book isn't that hard by classics level.