Where we Reveal a Total Failure

I wanted to be bold.
I wanted to be smart.
I wanted to knit something « original ».

Add all this to a big bowl of stashed Rowan Cork and you get, if you’re wacky enough, the idea to knit this pattern :

It's Reveal from Leah Sutton, and it's from the Rowan Magazine number 34.

I remember I had an interest at first sight at this picture. Then I thought it would be a difficult pattern to fit. And left the idea aside.
About two weeks ago, in a bout of destashing fever, I thought I’d knit some of my Cork. 8mm needles, destashing’s easier this way : 8 balls were going to be used, and I'd quickly have another jumper still in time to wear before warmer weather… So I reviewed the interesting patterns, and this one came back "en force". I did some research on the net and on Ravelry… only to find that very few had attempted this knit. I thought it was maybe because of (good) taste. But I wasn’t against something « out of the ordinary ». What I noticed only later was that even fewer were actually wearing their finished garment. Am I the only unlucky knitter here ? Am I really gonna wear THAT :

The gauge is not very accurate if I check on the sweater (but I had it right with the sample). The sleeves are the good length, but they are so large. The body is fitting, but the deep-cut is so deep… the shoulders do not look like shoulders.
I'm wondering what to do now, and feel a bit desperate about another knit gone wrong. Should I be confident and continue following to the end the pattern???OR rip and start it again, making sure my gauge is better, or start a whole new pattern?
So I'm asking for help to decide what I should do...