Poor choice. Would not recommend. Almost all the references are going over my head, and I really don't feel like chasing them down. Maybe I'll pick it back up after studying the 1905 revolution or if I really get into German social democrat history or whatever. I'll finish it I guess, but I expect to retain nothing and learn very little.
That's why people read these in groups or ask help from other comrades. People say "oh but why would you want to read it, it's about some specific thing" but that's the point. People learn all the foundational concepts and then they never see what a concrete application looks like. Of course there is also the flipside of people not properly judging what is generalizable and applicable to their circumstances and what isn't. The infantile book is kinda similar in that regard but imo more relevant especially for people here. S&R and the Imperialism book are more general.