Madam Valentino --- my first impressions of the book.
I read, Madam Valentino tonight.
It was an eye opener. I am still trying to define my thoughts and feelings from this book and at 3:30 am I'm not quite up to it. But I will say this.
I have to think a lot of her influence came from the affluent life style that she rejected so early in life, and yet depended on for decades. And I also believe that Rudy falling in love with her saw something special in her ability to convey sophisticated emotion, interpreting this with being something natural and independent and that spoke of her "genius" but then he found out that she actually came from a very wealthy family and was exposed to this type of sophisticate element and perhaps it explained so much of her allure for him.
It's not that Natasha wasn't independent with her own creative thoughts and ideas, but to not know that she was exposed to such decadence in life and to discover this only much later (on their trip to Europe) must have allowed Rudy to see into the character of the real Natasha.
I want to also mention that I don't think Natasha was a bad person and I think she really had a lot of good in her. I also think she loved Rudy very much, but I still feel that she was very purposeful and young and these two elements *together* were unfortunate in her relationship with Rudy.
It was an eye opener. I am still trying to define my thoughts and feelings from this book and at 3:30 am I'm not quite up to it. But I will say this.
I have to think a lot of her influence came from the affluent life style that she rejected so early in life, and yet depended on for decades. And I also believe that Rudy falling in love with her saw something special in her ability to convey sophisticated emotion, interpreting this with being something natural and independent and that spoke of her "genius" but then he found out that she actually came from a very wealthy family and was exposed to this type of sophisticate element and perhaps it explained so much of her allure for him.
It's not that Natasha wasn't independent with her own creative thoughts and ideas, but to not know that she was exposed to such decadence in life and to discover this only much later (on their trip to Europe) must have allowed Rudy to see into the character of the real Natasha.
I want to also mention that I don't think Natasha was a bad person and I think she really had a lot of good in her. I also think she loved Rudy very much, but I still feel that she was very purposeful and young and these two elements *together* were unfortunate in her relationship with Rudy.
Labels: Just Sayin...
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