I liked it, I found it a vast improvement over the original. It moved much faster and was not as whiney.
I gave up after volume 2 of the original series because I could not stand Shinji and his constant angst and whinning. I did not think anyone could be more annoying than Amuro from MS Gundum, but Shinji proved me wrong.
What is this now, the third incarnation of Evangelion? Fourth?