A review by infinispace
Glow by Tim Jordan

3.0

2.5 stars. Took me quite awhile to slog through this meandering, disjointed novel that presents some interesting concepts (thus the .5 star addition), but can't really place them in a meaningful, cogent story. Most of the time I don't know what's motivating anyone. Lots of references to entities (Alliance, GFC, voidians, etc) without really going into any background. The most interesting character was the most unlikable (Jett), while the protagonist (Rex) thought he was a dog much of the time due to Glow. Which means someone gave Glow to a dog at one point in its path through carriers? The novel just feels like random scenes strung together (with a bunch of action at the end) to hit 400 pages. I have the sequel but it's on the reading backburner for now. Overall I'd call Glow "missed potential" because this concept is right up my ally, which is why I gave it a shot.