User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 257: Father's 7 Years, Review./@comment-756329-20111030195909/@comment-3290324-20111030205413

I wouldn't say "very". Fairy Tail is not as interesting as it usually is, but not every chapter is going to be action packed. Transitional chapters are necessary. Overall, the timeskip is pretty dull because it wasn't mean to be a timeskip like in the other major shounens. None of the main characters aged or got any stronger so I don't think it's a matter of the timeskip being terrible, I think it's a matter of every fan being disappointed because this timeskip wasn't the kind of timeskip we're accustomed to.

I would love to get back to anything but Zeref and Acnologia. I'm sick of them at the moment.