Sorta. Not as bad as Game of Thrones though. And yeah I get the overly descriptive part. The last 3 books are better for this since it was a different writer.
The series lulls a bit during the middle books, but believe me when I say a lot of those pointless characters end up having a point, some you may not read about until half a dozen books later

but things wrap up nicely in the last book or 2.