There is value in things beyond surface level enjoyment. Many experiences, even apparently boring, uncomfortable, and even painful ones can bring important lessons. I don't think it is a healthy approach for a person to try to strip all but the most "enjoyable" or comfortable elements out of their life, and this applies also to reading books.

It's not going to kill you to spend an extra couple of days reading the slow bits. But it might bring a lot of value.

Well you're allowed to, sure, but it seems weird.

In the same way that if someone was watching a film for the first time and decided to fast-forward through a dialogue-heavy scene because they don't like slow scenes it would be considered very strange.

Sure you can do that. But you're definitely getting an incomplete, and most would say lesser, version of the film. Each scene has been put there for a reason, and that reason might not become clear until later on.

I don't think it is good thing to only value the "best" bits of any piece of media, since that misses out on a huge amount of context that would enrich the experience as a whole.

But as I say, it's your life, do as you wish.

>I don't think there's any predators in the middle of space

That's because everyone who has found them has been eaten. 🤔