Having only read the fist light novel I can tell you this much. The movie it’s self has only a tiny small nod here and there at the first novel so if you think going into it that it’s based on the Suicidal Mime I will let you know now you are wrong.
With that being said I enjoyed the movie. I do feel I spoiled story aspects and character development that defiantly occurs later on passed the first novel but it can’t be helped given that the series has 20 novels worth of potential material. But if you plan to read the novels I’d suggest putting off the movie until you are several novels in.
That is not to say you won’t be able to understand the movie without reading the original novels. On the contrary the movie is easy to follow and highly enjoyable. But it comes off with that feeling that if you read the original novels you’d be able to appreciate and care for the characters more then the allotted hour and forty minutes can provide for you.
