Reviews for The Best Bad Thing

The average rating for The Best Bad Thing based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-08-27 00:00:00 Jonathan Duff Rinko #2 When Mrs. Tsujimura's friend, Mrs. Hata, loses her husband, she just cannot cope; there is the sadness of losing a loved one, the entire crop of cucumbers to be harvested and two very naughty sons, Zenny and Abu, to be taken care of... Mrs. Tsujimura decides to send her daughter during the summer holidays as a Help. It is amazing how the Japanese rush to help one another in times of crisis. And crisis does descend on the Family. The naughty little boys, Zenny and Abu, play a very dangerous game of jumping on and off freight cars and during one such game, Abu is very badly injured, Mrs. Hata rushes him to the hospital where he just about makes it. When Mrs. Hata goes to get her little truck loaded with the harvested cucumbers she finds it gone, stolen, the produce too stolen. Rinko's parents rush to help Mrs. Hata, sadly we are not told how Mrs. Hata copes... Rinko was supposed to spend only a part of her holidays at Mrs. Hata's and her parents ask her if she would like to go home, but unsurprisingly knowing how the people of Japan never let their friends and family down, Rinko refuses to come home. She now loves Mrs. Hata and cannot imagine leaving her alone with the harvest and Abu so very ill. Strangely, the Kenny Rogers's song played in my mind... "You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille With four hungry children and a crop in the field I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times But this time your hurting won't heal You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille" Yes, the Japanese never desert their friends and family in times of crisis. I am greatly humbled... The illustrations in this book are beautiful, just about amazing.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-07-24 00:00:00 Brandon Pauley I read this a very long time ago as a kid and it was one of my first favorite books of all time. While I don't remember many details, I know a younger version of me would say highly recommended! :)