I found the experience of the characters to be pretty moving and not irrelevant. Especially the woman who was cheated on repeatedly. Anyway, very fun book in that sooo much is repeated and the symbolicism is very heavy, makes it fun to find the patterns.

If you read a lot of his books they all turn out to be pretty similar imho, but it fit my vibes when I was like 18.

Another book that's great for re-reading is "The master and Margarita", pretty layered in terms of the different experiences you can have reading it.