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This book was a lifesaver for me. The language is much more approachable than manga - lots of straightforward descriptive sentences without being too simple, which mixed together with the bits of dialogue (usually more difficult) made for an great entry into reading.
Yes there's a lot more words on the page and a bit more vocabulary than manga... but the standard language makes it way easier to consume. Googling vocabulary is easy... googling grammar & slang contractions is hard, which this book has less of.
Some people may be wary that this is a translation, but it's a popular series geared towards Japanese audiences. Looking back on this after reading more non-translated material, the only major difference I find is the lack of long run on sentences which seems to be a more 'Japanese' way of expressing things.
Regardless, I highly recommend this as a first jump into reading. You may be googling vocab and doing the occasional DeepL translation, but there's furigana on everything, it's very tractable and you'll learn a lot!