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jesshiltbrand 's review for:
The Glow
by Jessie Gaynor
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book.
Jane works for a PR firm, and although she's not the best employee, she sets out to find 'the client' who will put her back in her boss' good graces and continue to help pay off her mounds of medical debt. She finds FortPath, the wellness retreat centered around the ethereal albeit enigmatic Cass. Even with a warning that the retreat has cult-like tendencies, Jane is sure that this is the ticket to success, so long as she can convince the partners of the retreat to let her take them on as a client.
This was an interesting read about the nature of the health influencer world and follows the story of the influencee becoming the influencer. There were aspects of Jane that I felt were very relatable to the average mid-twenties woman floating around trying to find her place both in the real world and the online version. There were other parts of Jane that I felt were so incredibly shallow and superficial that I couldn't fathom how I was supposed to relate to this character. I got lost a little bit throughout the middle of the book as it just seemed to drag on for a good bit and really only picked up at the end. I really loved Tom's character and I did enjoy that we slowly unveiled layers of him as Jane spent more time at FortPath.
I didn't really pick up on any commentary about the topic other than the obvious and written out for us to see. That even though Jane has been on the side of the screen desperately getting influenced by any and everything around her, she just can't help the power that comes with being on the other side of it. I'm not sure if there was supposed to be more to the conversation than that. Overall, it was a fair read.
Jane works for a PR firm, and although she's not the best employee, she sets out to find 'the client' who will put her back in her boss' good graces and continue to help pay off her mounds of medical debt. She finds FortPath, the wellness retreat centered around the ethereal albeit enigmatic Cass. Even with a warning that the retreat has cult-like tendencies, Jane is sure that this is the ticket to success, so long as she can convince the partners of the retreat to let her take them on as a client.
This was an interesting read about the nature of the health influencer world and follows the story of the influencee becoming the influencer. There were aspects of Jane that I felt were very relatable to the average mid-twenties woman floating around trying to find her place both in the real world and the online version. There were other parts of Jane that I felt were so incredibly shallow and superficial that I couldn't fathom how I was supposed to relate to this character. I got lost a little bit throughout the middle of the book as it just seemed to drag on for a good bit and really only picked up at the end. I really loved Tom's character and I did enjoy that we slowly unveiled layers of him as Jane spent more time at FortPath.
I didn't really pick up on any commentary about the topic other than the obvious and written out for us to see. That even though Jane has been on the side of the screen desperately getting influenced by any and everything around her, she just can't help the power that comes with being on the other side of it. I'm not sure if there was supposed to be more to the conversation than that. Overall, it was a fair read.