"#1 Resist Terror"

I have put down countless books because they bore me. I am not sure I am in terror over my chapter one but I have rewritten that chapter the most; I fear the rest of the novel will let the reader down. I’ve hooked the reader in with a heart-wrenching death, but will the main character transform?

Reference
"8 Ways to Write A 5-Star Chapter One"
By Elizabeth Sims
January 2011 Writer’s Digest