Well, I loved Wizard's First Rule.
...but the other books in the Sword of Truth series totally ruined my opinion of Terry Goodkind's writing, for three reasons:
1. He writes at a p-a-i-n-f-u-l-l-y s-l-o-w p-a-c-e.
2. Richard is one of the most annoying characters I have read in any book, ever. (It's the whole: "I'm perfect, you're not, therefore I will kill you and not bother listening to anything you have to say" attitude.)
3. The way he repeats things in every similar scene of every book. For instance, every time Richard and Kahlan have a romantic scene together, Kahlan moans all over the place, which makes me think she has the flu or something, and it's *really* annoying. Argh.
4. Goodkind has this thing about inflicting rape or attempted rape on his female characters. This is... disturbing, at the rate it happens in his books.
But yes, Book One was good. I wouldn't bother with the rest, though.