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To really enjoy the book, stop reading at the last chapter, and go back at the beginning. Then imagine yourself happy doing so.

It is very methodical. Starting out on why you shouldn't kill yourself, as a real debate. And yes all the arguments have been made before. He tries to build up from first principals. I think he tried to walk a fine line between the physical suicide and the philosophical suicide.

The Stranger is good, but I have trouble stick with his other works past the first few chapters because of the tedious and boring aspects you mentioned.

I was never a fan of French literature to begin with, so that might have something to do with it.