Oh worth a try if you can. Much better and easier to play than second life. I'll see if I can find my 10 day free trial code for you. You get to be Horde or Alliance and then within that you get to be one of many more characters and with different professions like enchanting, mining, leatherworking and being warlock, mage, rogue, shaman, etc.
It's good fun and you get to be within a guild who'll work with you when you want it and leave you alone when you want to level up on your own.
I must admit that I do end up playing it for hours sometimes but other times just dip in and out. At the moment it's Noblegarden celebrations where you find easter eggs in major starting points and trade them in for money and other things.
I could go on and on and on. If you get hooked then you download it from Blilzzard and then it'll update you once a week/fortnight. You can then get the extra (not right word) levels etc if you like it. Opens up more quests and things to level up for.
You can have more than one character at time so can try out different combinations of type and profession to find one that suits you.
My DH use to play it till I over took him and kept going.