So far, yes I think so. It's beginning to feel ... like looking at the same work of art from three different viewing points or something. One is told through movement so the story naturally moves much more quickly - because a single image or series of actions can plow through pages and pages of narrative description. Another view, while also heavily visual can only imply movement so it is dependent on placement of character for its impact and must do so with a whole lot less dialog - being shown frozen moments in a story leaves other aspects that can only be implied; freeing the reader to fill in the gaps by imagining the space between each image for themselves ... and then, there's the pictures that only the crafting of a well written story can create right in your head. :D
I've deliberately avoided re-reading this because I was reading the novel then the anime came out ...
I just re-read this.
I swear - there's more pages than I remember!
It's like a bonus gift of something!
THANK YOU ERS!
(I blame Susan)