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BOOK CLUB: Vladimir

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The Importance of Insecurity in a Middle Age

I think insecurity and age might have driven her there as well. Like this idea that she can't get what she wants anymore because she doesn't feel like the world views her. And for a woman who's so obsessed with how she appears and presents to the world, then yeah, maybe she felt like she could only drug someone. But I think that still doesn't come out of nowhere. Well, the reason I said I think it's circumstantial mostly is because one of the sentences on the page where she literally starts drugging kidnapping him is I am a repulsive old woman. And I don't think the 25 year old version of the protagonist would have found themselves reaching this level

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