Sword of Truth

I ordered this series in spite of the customer reviews for some of the books at Amazon.
The story is nothing original insofar as the basic plot is concerned, it about a simple woods guide living in a town ignorant of magic who later turns out to be the most powerful wizard in three thousand years.
Some of the characters and stories are really interesting, although I sometimes wished that the editor had done more work on flashbacks and most of the monologues/discussions.
But the series seems to be losing its way and getting repetitive so you might want to give this one a pass.