Preacher Overload

I stopped reading at volume 3. Volume 1 was great, and volume 2 was even better. But after reading volume 3, I had no interest in buying the succeeding volumes--- which was odd for me, because I normally can't stand cliffhangers. Even when I'm not really that interested in the story, I just have to know how everything ends. It's not the blasphemy that turned me off. Nor was I turned off by the gratuitous sex and graphic violence. I am extremely open minded when it comes to those things. I've always said that for any work of fiction to maintain the reader's interest, the reader should be able to empathize with the characters. A protagonist with no remorse whatsoever is not a character I can empathize with. The fact that the protagonist is extremely cocky and proud--- two characteristics that I hate in people--- isn't helping at all. As I was reading, I keep wishing that he gets killed during one of the many confrontations with his enemies... pretty stupid since I know that his saga stretches up to volume 9. Hoping that the main character would be killed off is not a good sign. Some people may appreciate the series, but it's just not for me. Jesse Custer is no Morpheus, nor is he a Yorick Brown.