We all know a bad girl. She’s the one who leaves when you least expect it, throwing your heart in a blender and running off with some rich asshole that treats her worse than she accused you of treating her. In this novel, Mario Vargas Llosa explores the psychology of obsessive love, the dynamics of fate, and the capability of a good person transforming a morally corrupt one. I was so engrossed in the story that I felt my heart racing during scenes that had no action at all: scenes of drama, trauma, and nervous anticipation. You never know when or where The Bad Girl will show up, who she’ll pretend to be, and what new spin she’ll put on your world. The unpredictability of her antics is what makes this an endearing page-turner, as well as Llosa’s talent for writing. He really shines in the first chapter, “The Chilean Girls", one of the most romantic segments I’ve ever read. Llosa, one of the few internationally famous Peruvian writers, certainly deserved the Nobel Prize for Literature he won a few years ago. If his other work is as good as this, then I’ve got a lot of reading to do.
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