I know it's a little unfair only to stop after the first chapter, but it really didn't hook me in at all. The tone is so humdrum and, for a post-apocalyptic setting plagued by demons, it's a shame that it didn't really do anything to start with a bang. I've heard some people say that it gets better at the halfway mark, but I'm not going to slog through 200 pages of book just to get to the good bits. Also, I'm really not in the mood for more violence against women in fantasy.