Lackluster writing and a confusing beginning..

I didn't care for the beginning of this at all, sadly. I felt like it dropped you off right in the middle of some drama going on between the MC and his dad, which would be fine, but the way it was all phrased made it feel like I was coming in on chapter 2 or something instead of the beginning of the book. I'm wondering if there were pages missing from the excerpt or if this was intentional on the author's part, because if it's the latter, I can't say I'm interested in continuing the story. On top of that, I just didn't enjoy the writing and I thought the dialogue felt stilted and unnatural.