The Master and Margarita

I started with a paperback edition of this book. I attend a monthly silent book club, where everyone reads whatever they want and can discuss after if they wish.
I knew this would be the best place to start this book, since it would be quiet and would make me focus. I had read a review that this book was going to be funny in a sarcastic way, and is a “classic”.
Well, I never read the funny, and it was so boring, I couldn't even focus in the silence. I barely read a handful of pages in an hour. I decided to get the audiobook. I thought maybe it would be easier to listen than read the story. It was not.
It has been a long time since I didn't finish a book. I don't understand what makes a book a classic. I really don't know anyone who has read this book, and I definitely wouldn't recommend.