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I think it all depends on the level of understand one is trying to attain. Dante's Divina Commedia is a very difficult read, if you want to get the whole 'deeper meaning' - all the historical references and inside-jokes.
Shakespeare has always been difficult for me, because English is not my first language - or second, for that matter.
But I would say, the two worst challenges for me are tedium and anger.
Tedium is pretty straight-forward. Some books you just have to put down.
But anger is much worse. Some books you don't put down - you want to throw them, swiftly, out of reach. I tried reading 50 Shades of Gray. One thing is for sure. I would never, ever, be able to finish that. I can work through anything, from Milton to any stochastic calculus book. But I will never, ever, be able to finish that obscene (in prose, not content) aberration.
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