Books like Claymore, Vol. 6: The Endless Gravestones

Slasher arc was kinda wonky in the end. Graveyard arc looks spectacular. World: The art is getting better and better, especially the creature designs, I can’t say how awed I was with the Graveyard Awakened. The world building is okay, it’s solid but there are some wonky parts, especially the reveal at the end of the Slasher arc with the powers and the plan, it’s not really smooth and kinda janky and the wording is a bit iffy making that part of the world building a bit confusing. The new piece in the Graveyard arc is also pretty solid with the visuals driving that part.Story: The story for the Slasher arc is strong, it’s interesting and the ideas and questions it poses is interesting but it’s not written well in the end. There are character changes and choices that suddenly come with the reveal, such as the groups hatred of the company which was not evident before, even for Clare. This sudden change is given through a flashback that’s also unclear and add to that the powers which so far have been solid but still slightly undefined and there are a lot of head scratching on my part. It’s good and what it’s trying to do is interesting but it’s not handled that well when compared to the rest of the series. The Graveyard arc is interesting, it’s also a bit weird in terms of having such a villainous turn for a Claymore when the company has been so tight with ruling them, so it makes also no sense. That being said the visuals for that Awakened is gonna give me nightmare in a good way, I’ve been hoping for some fantastic monster designs and so far we’ve only had bipedal wolf looking things, not we get some good stuff!Characters: The group of four are interesting but more time needed in the development of their drive and the core hatred that they have for the company. When most of the time we find the Claymore’s obedient and we suddenly without context and reason have to accept all four have issues with the company then we have an issue here. We need more development in this area. That being said the four characters have potential and the top five listed in the book are going to be interesting. I like how Clare has changed since the first book and it’s slowly being earned but as I said there need to be more context of why this group is not a fan of the company and the actual workings of it.It was a good arc but some elements did not really make it for a completely smooth read.Onward to the next book!