The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan

So, I have some friends who told me I absolutely MUST read this book series. I've read the first two and it's ok but it seems a bit repetitive and droll for my tastes. It's going somewhere, but not somewhere interesting enough that I could be bothered investing another ten 700 page books into, if you get what I mean?

Has anyone else read this series, what do you think of it? Is it worth investing my time into? Got any recommendations for what I should read instead?

P.S. After reading the first two books I believe I have become adept, nay, an expert at describing Inns and their various Innkeepers. I mean, holy shit, is that all these people do for 12 books? Travel to Inns so that Jordan can spend five pages describing the interior?

The books get a lot worse after the first few, OP. Though I have no idea if the last ones actually pick up again, because I had long dropped that shit by then.

Also, "whatsherface tugged on her braid" could have been the précis for entire chapters if Jordan didn't apparently get paid per word.