A hefty mystery with a meaty and satisfyingly thrilling first half that turns into a dragging last half. Raging Loop is a top tier mystery vn with solid writing in all of its corners but the path to the end truly is a "make or break" moment. I'm very much a "journey" person who judges an experience based on the adventure rather than the conclusion but on occasions when the conclusion is too polarizing to fully ignore, I can't judge an experience solely on the journey itself hence why an otherwise engaging novel gets an average 3 stars over the 4 and a half that I was gunning for it around the midway point. I still recommend this to anyone itching for a brutally bloody mystery and besides the intro taking a while to get through the story, once it gets going, immediately does its best to drag you in.