Finally gave up reading this in French, and read it for the first time (of what I'm sure will be many). 
 I can't add much to what others have said, apart from underlining the fact that this most certainly is not just a children's book. Sure a child would enjoy it, but not perceive it on the same level as a grown-up. I can't wait to revisit it in a few years, and decades, to see how it affects me differently.