I really wanted to like this and I tried to, but I didn't care about the characters at all. Listen, I'm fine with an unlikable protagonist, but you've got to give me some depth here. Some reason to make me want to care about following this person for a book or series. Some redeeming qualities... something. And you've got to do it fast or I'm going to tap out. 
 Hell, even some interesting supporting characters are usually enough to get me to stick with it. But when you introduce the lone woman to the cast of all dudes at the beginning of the book, my red flags start to go off. I just don't know if I can do that anymore. I'm just so exhausted. Maybe I would've been able to handle it--and the rest of this--in 2009 but... 
 I gave it a few chances though. And I read some reviews on here to see whether things would improve. But I saw all sorts of comments about rampant sexism, homophobia and racism so yeah, I'm out.