This doesn't look good

So I finished Winter's Heart yesterday and I'm about to start with the CoT.

Was reading some non-spoiler reviews about it on Goodreads.

I read about 20 reviews and now I'm not sure about the pacing and plot development.

17 of them said it's unnecessarily long with nothing happening through the book. It's just politics which doesn't interest me at all.

One of the reviews even said to only read all of Perrin's chapters and the last chapter and read the plot summary on Wiki for the rest.

I'm a slow reader and it takes me a long time to finish a thick book. So the enjoyment factor is a must for me.

But I can't see myself getting the desired ROI from this book.

So I'm thinking of skimming all the chapter.

Is that a good idea?