I mean.... this is a cool story.
Def a cool story.
But.... 57 pages for the intro... awesome!
30 pages for the hook.... okay...
20 pages for the 3rd chapter...
And then a 10 page story, ever after? With releases once every other month?
My dog could do better.
MC is a trash gambling addict with an abject amd pathological terror of females?
It's not really a "trope" at this point, but more like perpetuating a harmful stereotype of mental illness...
Not that I'm dropping this; I'm just noticing it.