What's a "collegey" way to say "give a flying f**k"?

The author is particularly effective at presenting the matter in a way that feels relevant and urgent.

What is it we are caring about? And what type of book and review?

The author makes the issues come alive and makes the reader care in a way that is truly extraordinary.

Normally, I wouldn’t use two “makes” in the same sentence but I don’t think it’s all that problematic and also, since I wrote the sentence without knowing what it was I was writing it about I just kind of had to wing it.

The writer involves the reader in subjects that would not normally be considered important.

kinda like some questions on fluther

The author is simply marvellous at providing readers with a healthy dose of down to earth and uncomplicated insights on [insert your unknown and mysterious matter here].

Contrary to prior beliefs, the author is simply marvelous at communicating why I should care about (or bear in mind, credit, deem, estimate, feel, hold an opinion of, judge, keep in view, look upon) certain things.

The author makes a wonderfully compelling case for why this issue is worthy of our attention.

The author is absolutely fucking brilliant at engaging with his readers so they feel passionately for the subject. Oops, sorry, put that down as a fail.

You seem to want to add emphasis to the point. While profanity and profane phrases are easy ways to do so, there are a few other techniques you can use, such as tongue-in-cheek sarcasm and passive voice.

@Vortico Do you have any examples to add to that?

The author has a unique voice that brings a new sense of relevance to old ideas.

gives compelling reasons; makes one passionately engaged with; engages the reader in…

…‘why you should give a flying toss’ 1:34 about… people lighting dolphins on fire? ‘About certain things,’ was a little vague so I made up an example.

Lights a fire under?

”........why I should give a horse’s patootey?
...........................a two licks?
...........................two craps?”

Or, “why I should give a flying flip about…”

@ladymia69 Oooo, two licks. I quite like that.

Would it be acceptable to say “give a damn”?

The author presents a compelling argument that causes the reader to want to take action.

Try “Sheen”.

Gives a flying fig about…

Everybody reading it knows what you’re really saying without you really saying it :)

@MyNewtBoobs So what did you end up with?

@ladymia69 I worked both “flying fig” and “two licks” into it.

@MyNewtBoobs Nice choice!

The author has made a brilliant attempt to make the reader feel compelled to embrace particular boring and the meaningless ideas such as (site specific examples). Unfotunately he has failed. These ideas continue to be common, overused and pedantic.

@Kardamom Other way around. The author does a good job of explaining why I should give a flying fuck about Henry I, instead of just sort of going “oh, yes, and of course, Henry I was there….”

Oh Ok. I was having a hard time understanding exactly what you were trying to say in your question, by the way it was written at the top.

So then you can just use the first part of my phrase with a few additions. So it would read:

The author has made a brilliant and successful attempt to make the reader feel compelled to embrace particular ideas such as (site specific examples) that are normally considered to be boring and meaningless to the average reader, a feat that less accomplished writers have not been able to pull off.