I dunno I think people are just impatient these days I remember a time when you had to wait all week for your show and you couldn't pause it and if you missed the episode it was tough luck now you get whole seasons at once nobody is willing to wait and so having one chapter a week makes everyone cranky... (Now I feel like an old person shouting at young whippersnappers to get off my lawn )

This is a good story, it just doesn’t work in this format. Waiting for an update every week sets up expectations that this type of story can’t deliver on. These types of dramatic stories that slowly unfurl as you discover more and more of the characters and the setting rely on the story being already completed. Else, we end up expecting some sort of action or development that this story isn’t really geared towards delivering.
It would work better as a tv show or a book.