It's true that any book isn't entirely boring. I'd argue some point of view character reads can get boring... Thank goodness GRRM kills off quite a bit. Catelyn (who isn't even killed off thus far) had some terrible chapters, for example... We may have to read her views for some time, it seems.

Just finally got to book 3. Trying hard not to read it so i can stay in sync with the show

no, read it now! the third book is probably best read first. As it is amazing.

Finally on book three and would definitely recommend. The constant POV switches can get annoying though

book 4 was almost all politics.

Definitely read this series it's amazing

The series is awesome so I'd say yeah, read it.
The 4th book within the series however was overbearingly slow, but he made up for it in the 5th book which was brilliant

Aside from the occasional 5 pages describing food, it's all useful.

not to mention they kill off so many of the "main" characters. imo theyre not worth reading