I just read it a couple months ago and thought it was a really good quick read. I think it was a little too much on the literal side in its portrayal of the world's political situation at the time, but still ended up being interesting anyway. I'd definitely recommend it to most people, especially considering you can read the whole thing in an afternoon.
I do think that 1984 is still Orwell's masterpiece, but both books are brilliant in their own way.