A review by dorinlazar
Claymore, Vol. 17: The Claws of Memory by Norihiro Yagi

5.0

Clare gets called to Rafaela, and then Alicia and Beth arrive on the scene. A very tense sequence follows, and it just keeps you on the edge. Great story-telling.

Second reading: I really feel that there's just too much piling up stakes. Higher and higher stakes. And it really feels like it's not able to go higher. Yet.. there are still a few volumes left.

The sad part is that I don't see some good 7-ghosts-of-the-north evolution/development. I feel that the 7-ghosts-of-the-north thread is abandoned, somehow - and we're back being centered on Clare, and it feels like the author just abandoned everything else preparing for the huge finale.