No idea about the show or second season, though it still has decent ratings scores, but I'm pretty sure the actual source manga is.
But the manga is supposed to actually be good, so it probably tells even the first season story better.
This battle does have some cool fights, it might have been pretty cool if they had introduced Kaneki to the rest of the Aogiri guys besides the brother so we'd at least know for sure who else is on that side in these fights.