Nadja - I think I hate how French people write

First of all, I just want to say this was an easier read than Proust! However, I still did not like the form of writing very much??? I don't know what my deal is, or what the French authors' deals are. Maybe it just wasn't meant to be</3

I remember last week, "the term manic pixie dream girl" was brought up and used to describe Nadja. I can see now how that rings true. Most typically, these characters are written to accompany a boring, depressed dude with issues. I think that is still true in this book. However, in most media, I feel that the man in question will be infatuated with the woman (e.g., The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 500 Days of Summer, and so on). I may be wrong, as I hate watching movies. This time, that was not the case at all.

Andre seems to acknowledge this on page 90, "Is it unforgivable of me to go on seeing her if I do not love her? Do I love her?" Obviously not, mate! I hate how he talks about himself concerning his and Nadja's relationship. He always frames himself as a grand figure in Nadja's life, akin to a god, and it's just disturbing. He is aware of how much he means to her, and that's how you frame it??? Andre is also aware that Nadja is clearly not the most mentally stable person, and still chooses to continue being involved with her. Like, he clearly has some strange voyeuristic tendency, no?

On top of that, he has a wife! Does she know about this? 😭😭😭 I just feel extremely sad for Nadja, she's gotten attached to this man who doesn't seem to love her and is only really in it to watch her as if she's some sort of strange specimen. She also calls his wife to express she has no one she's close to, which is also crazy because you've been fooling around with her husband. I think that truly shows the extent of how alone she was. 

On a more positive note, I loved how there were images in the book! Especially Nadja's drawings, they were really interesting and they added a lot more immersion to the book. I liked being able to actually see what he was talking about. The drawings were also beautiful, which made me want to ask:

Were the aforementioned works actually drawn by Nadja? I know the book is semi-autobiographical, so I would assume so but I'm just curious!