Technically it was just as savage as the Manga... (but secretly that's a lie). The novel gets quite hand-wavey about the violence and cruelty of the goblins, which lessens the reason I adored the manga.
The perspective goes bouncing around between characters (important or otherwise) but they stand apart. Mostly because of what they're talking about more than any tonal differences.

The final arc seems very rushed and the setup seems to come out of nowhere. I expected some cause / effect but at the end of volume one it just seemed like "A" plot got resolved but my publisher wanted more pages, so here's another "A" plot with no emotional resonance.

I will definitely read volume 2. ( )