The first book written by Mario Vargas Llosa which I read was “The bad girl”. I was so interested in the plot of this novel that I missed my bus stop when I was reading this book in the bus. This novel means more than just a story for me. It touched me deeply and completely changed my point of view regarding the life, relationship, love and human being.
“The Bad Girl” is a story about Ricardo from Peru who falls in love with a beautiful girl called Lily, who claims to be from Chile. From the very beginning Lily is described as being a liar so we can’t trust a single word she is saying. On one hand she is delicate, lovely, romantic and charming but on the other hand we can easily notice that she is insolent and dishonest. She uses Ricardo to achieve her goals and after that she disappears, leaving him completely distraught.
Despite the fact that Ricardo knows that Lily is a vile, horrible and atrocious person he still loves her. He spends the rest of his life waiting for her. She comes back a couple of times, always pretending to be someone else, but her inhuman character shows that it has to be Lily without question. Ricardo abhors this and he feels sadness and anger, however he is ready to do anything she wants him to do, even sacrifice his life. His life choice is to be a victim of her ambitions, selfishness and ruthlessness.
The time flies, the places of this story are changed, the political and social background of the novel shows that for many nations the years described in this book are difficult and significant, but all of Ricardo’s choices are determined only by his first and only love.
This story is painful but it has to be exactly as it is to highlight that our behavior is powerful. To be a human is powerful, especially when being human means being inhuman.
Even bad boys with bad dreams should be careful when meeting the bad girl....
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