A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 17 (light novel) (A Certain Magical Index (light novel), 17)

とある魔術の禁書目録 [Toaru Majutsu no Index] (Novel) #17

by Kazuma Kamachi

The head of the English Puritan Church, Laura Stuart, has summoned the Index Librorum Prohibitorum with a mission to investigate the bombing of the Euro Tunnel that connects the UK with France. Index soon departs for the British Isles with her guardian Touma Kamijou in tow but their when their flight is suddenly hijacked by a mysterious figure, their plans will have to change! If they survive, Index and Touma's next unfortunate adventure will lead them to the heart of the UK!

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action, Comedy, Fiction

260 pages, Paperback

First published March 10, 2009

About the author

Kamachi Kazuma (鎌池和馬) is a Japanese-born light novel author and the original creator of the Toaru Majutsu no Index light novel series and Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, its spin-off manga series.

Reviews

[Hinyars · Rating 4 out of 5]

ENGLAND (?)

[Alec Rebert · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.4

[Abel Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Time - [02h 19m 6s]

[Lils · Rating 3 out of 5]

As usual, Index being the personification of hunger and every now as a "book with all knowledge" makes me dislike her appearances, so even though I thought the airplane attack was quite interesting in its own way with how Touma handled things alongside Index, it still felt like a bit of a frustrating read since Index honestly complains wayyy too much lol, I seriously can't deal sometimes. In addition, the start of the British Royal Family arc isn't the most fascinating since it's basically just introducing a bit of the core characters and their motives and actions for now, so nothing really to say about it overall.

[Nagayuki Shimizu · Rating 3 out of 5]

今まで散々言われてきてはいるんですが上条さんとインデックス、マジで要らなくなってきたというか。
サブキャラたちのほうが生き生きとしすぎているので対比するともう悲しいくらいに要らない子(苦笑)。
特に上条さんは最近は幻想殺しも意味がなくなってきたので語り部としてあるわけでもないため、主人公としては影の薄さは半端なくなってきてます。

話のほうは前半に蛇足的にハイジャック事件、後半にロンドンテロと非常にバランスの悪い感じで構成されてます。
特に前半、要らなくないんじゃない？ってくらい。
シリーズ前半と比べて構成がダメでも読みやすくなっているのはうれしいですがほとんど前哨戦で次回のカバー絵でネタバレ全開ですので読んでない人は自重の方向で。
神の座編に決着をと思ったんだけどこりゃあ、どっちの方向へ行くのやらって感じですね。