Is it full of clichés? Of course. Does it, like the entire series, bear a striking resemblance to The Lord of the Rings? Again, of course. But the lack of originality doesn't necessarily make for a bad read, unless of course you are already tired of the genre's trappings and will accept nothing less than a fresh take on it, in which case you'd better steer clear.
Writing this over four years after reading it makes it difficult, but I still remember some "images" from it, scenes, moments, even a couple of characters, though the latter are perhaps one of the book's weaknesses. So there are far better fantasy works out there, even in this very series, but it's good enough to scratch that itch for some more epic fantasy and far from bad enough to be forgotten after being so used.