Do you find those difficult to read? I've not read them, so I'm actually asking. Or, is this a sentiment about older literature not being interesting, because o

Do you find those difficult to read? I've not read them, so I'm actually asking. Or, is this a sentiment about older literature not being interesting, because of different tempo, cultural context, etc? I think difficulty in reading something is a personal thing. For example, I find reading Pynchon very difficult, because I can't seem to track what's happening and because there's a sense of being inside someone's personal joke that you don't quite get. I find reading George R. R. Martin very easy, because it doesn't require analysis; but then, a friend of mine couldn't get through the first book of Song of Ice and Fire, because he found the vocabulary tedious.