# Whatcha Readin' Dec 2012 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-dec-2012-edition/642625 "2012-11-30T23:38:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-dec-2012-edition/642625/21 "2012-12-05T03:02:32Z")
> [@Whatcha Readin' Nov 2012 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-nov-2012-edition/639457/125): > > I need to revisit this one. I’ve read and enjoyed many of Flynn’s books - _Eifelheim_, _The Wreck of the River of Stars_, and the Firestar series - but I bought _The January Dancer_ when it was released, and I abandoned it about halfway through. My notes say that the writing was good but I just wasn’t interested in the plot or the characters or the setting. Maybe I was in some sort of weird mood at the time. As much as I adored\* Wreck of the River of Stars,\* I think we’re in agreement on _January Dancer._ As a slower reader, I ran out of motivation a quarter-way through. It started out really fun, with wonderful imagination and mysterious artifacts, but there was a steep learning curve (a map to become familiar with, many names, many stories, a far-future universe to grasp) and Flynn’s great, dense language – but not enough payoff to push through. This saddens me, because I didn’t love _Eifelheim_ either, and so maybe _Wreck_ is where I should leave him. It did, however, remind me to read Jack McDevitt’s alien artifact books, though, because this is the part I really liked. I just don’t have any interest in Flynn’s galactic political machinations. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-dec-2012-edition/642625)._