In character creation or when you level up, some classes need to pick some spells. The questions you should ask yourself are “How useful is that spell?” or “In which situations could I use it?” and not just for combat purpose. If there is a few situations in game for role play purpose, then why should I pick that spell?
Also in those situations, those spells need to be more obvious. For someone who knows D&D maybe it’s not a big deal but for someone who is new it’s need to be more obvious. He could easily miss opportunity to use them or maybe he doesn’t even know that he could use them.
