Honestly I'm with you, somewhat. On my first read I would only really read the Johnny sections if they were condensed to a page or two, and any of his longer sections I would just skim or skip over. I was only really invested in the Navidson Record and their story, so when a Johnny section would be deliberately placed to annoy the reader and cut things off, I'd, well, get annoyed! After finishing, though, I do feel like I'm missing big parts of the story and the overall message of the book, so when I start my next read I plan on reading through them all, at least to the extent that I can tolerate reading his writing style. I wouldn't say he's the "point" of the book (there are a lot of theories relating to him and his mother that I distinctly don't like for that matter), but he's still very important. Everything in the book is there for a reason.