Winter Song

I gave up on this one at 92 pages in. 1) The characters weren't interesting to me. 2) The main character is a bit of a cipher (though admittedly that's part of the plot). 3) The premise was not intriguing enough. 4) Nothing much was happening. So basically I was too bored to continue. The story involves a starship pilot named Karl who crashlands on a forgotten outpost on an icy planet where the human population is descended from Iceland and barely eking out a living. What was I thinking?