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I felt things dragged a bit in books 13 to 18, but I suppose that's just to make us want the grand finale all the more. Getting Odysseus telling his invented story several times just seemed to be padding.
I was touched by the story of his very old dog Argus recognising him and then dying. I did feel pretty indignant that he had not been looked after and lay on a dung heap riddled with vermin. That doesn't say too much for Penelope, Telemachus and the servants. However I assume that animals, even the absent king's hound, were of small account in that society, especially when he was no longer useful in hunting.
I'm looking forward to the final section.
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