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Aleta S. (Bainbridge Island, WA)
Stash
The unremarkable lives surrounding a suburban family tumble out of control as small decisions cascade into a landslide of unanticipated consequences for the characters in Stash. Readers tour the many reasons and substances often used to seek pleasure and numb pain while traversing a plot idea with promise. Despite a decent sprint toward inevitable negative outcomes, the results fail to deliver just desserts. With a stronger ending, it could have been a good read, instead of just average.
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Skye L. (Lake Oswego, OR)
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Stash by David Klein in neither a bad book nor an excellent book. The novel is ambitious, has some interesting plot perspectives but what failed the book for me was that I did not come to have strong feelings for any one of the characters and I wanted to. I like to care about the people who inhabit novels and this just didn't happen for me. In the end, a little too much tell - not enough show - for this reader.
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Mary R. (Eagan, Minnesota)
Stash by David Klein
This book had a fun premise for a plot, but I found the ending extremely weak. I was also distracted by so much detail - or detail that seemed superfluous, like describing the kind of cupcakes on page one. This much unnecessary detail detracted from the story and I did not like the overuse of some words, like the cliche term of endearment "sweetie".
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Betty S. (Jasper, GA)
Stash
For most of this novel, the reader will think it's a cautionary tale about what can happen when middle-class folks ignore the drug laws to buy and use marijuana. Suburbanite Gwen Raine certainly gets into a lot of trouble after buying pot from an old flame. So does the old flame. But the author abandons the theme and lets Gwen off too easy in a weak ending. So, only three stars from me.
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Beatrice D. (Floral Park, New York)
Stash
This novel seems to have been written in the hopes of becoming a "made for TV movie" Each chapter ends at a propitious place for commercials, each section could be part of a three or four part series. The book is filled with cliched characters, trite dialog and events.
Name brand products are thrown in wherever possible-does the author get some kind of payback for each name mentioned? The certainly don't move the story along. There is also a lot of information about drug dealing and use as well as about pharmaceutical corporate marketing practices.
