3.5 stars I bought this book because: I like [a:David Walliams|313653|David Walliams|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1326278331p2/313653.jpg], [a:Quentin Blake's|146|Quentin Blake|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1357194118p2/146.jpg] illustrations and summary sounded interesting. The story of nearly 13 year old Chloe and her friendship with the local homeless man Mr Stink is told in silly manner full of exaggeration but it does work. I don't know if it is intentional or not but Walliams style is similar to [a:Roald Dahl's|4273|Roald Dahl|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1311554908p2/4273.jpg] but original on its own too.