Read them as a child, maybe early teens, so I don't remember much except that the female love interest was very annoying and the hero was as well. I actually liked Denna, that's how annoyed I was by the heroine and how much I didn't mind Richard being tortured. Best part of the book for me.

The only one I enjoyed was the one without either of the main characters. Pillars of Creation. It was so refreshing, but the book after that one went back to the regular hero and I just couldn't read the series anymore.

If you're not enjoying it, I say abandon ship. There's nothing in it that makes them must-read or even should-read aside from them being uber popular for some reason once upon a time.