Chloe is an unhappy little girl; bullied in school, picked on by her little sister and nagged by my mum. She decides one day to overcome her shyness and speaks to Mr Stink, the local (smelly) tramp. That one decision will change her life forever. This book made me love and appreciate Roald Dahl even more; not that this book isn't a well-written, funny, touching tale, but it just lacks some essential, mysertious Dahlness. The characters are good, the horrible mum who is truly repugnant in many ways and the ineffectial dad who lets her bully Chloe. The story bowls along and has some very funny moments and since there will be no more Dahl books this one will do!
"Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it is correct English to say he stinked then he stinked as well. He was the stinkiest stinky stinker who ever lived.
A stink is the worse type of smell. A stink is worse that a stench. And a stence is worse than a pong. And a pong is worse than a whiff. And a whiff can be enough to make your nose wrinkle."
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