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I liked the Farseer trilogy mainly because it was pretty original. In most fantasy books it's just pure good against pure evil, and after many dangers, the weaker good comes out victorious (nothing wrong with that, BTW). In these books, however, things didn't turn out as you would expect at all. I think this was one of the strongest points of the book, altough is was also it's weakness.
First of all, you'd expect quite a lot of assassinations, just from the title
alone. Instead, there were practically none. Then, a lot later on, Verity sets out to get the dragons, but instead of returning at the head of a large army, Fitz finds out that the dragons are all 'dead'. And finally, when you've read through the books, it becomes clear that there's noone who can be blamed for what happened. Regal wasn't evil, the raiders didn't start the war, Galen didn't blast the skill out of Fitz and so on.
But on the other hand, the fact that the Elfbark they used to improve skilling was actually bad was something which I think was a wonderful development, and the 'we-are-pack' thing with Nighteyes was something I liked aswell (among many other things)
The thing about these books is, that they're not what you've expected, and that can mean they can leave you a bit unsatisfied. But, like I said, that's what's best about them too.
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The last arrow of Legolas kindled in the air as it flew,
and plunged burning into the heart of a great wolf-chieftain.
All the others fled. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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