the massive timeskips feel like the author is going
"Alright an event happened"
"Alright another event happened"
It's like a game with just boss fights. Boss fight, the moment it ends you're fighting somebody else, and then the next guy, and the next and next. You don't even know their names or why you're fighting them, or who you even are. Like yeah, the boss fights could be amazing and different each time, but... it's not a game.
Same here. The action has to go up or down, or it will feel like nothing ever happens. Just, "oh. Ah. Alright. Okay."