I did not continue on. :(
I read some reviews to figure out if the things I didn't like were going to get better, and several reviewers agreed that they were an issue throughout the whole book. I'm glad you gave the book a chance and read the first two chapters, even if it was not exactly a good experience for you! I feel like I ought to like Atwood, you know, and now the four of us have been very moral and upstanding in giving her a chance. ;)