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I found Piglia’s book this week to be very entertaining and thought provoking, being one of the books that felt much easier to follow. It is one of very few of the books that I have read for this course that follows a somewhat “normal” structure/genre, being a true crime novel. I think the fact […] read full post >>

As a true crime fan myself, I was expecting this book to be one like many others I’ve seen before. read full post >>

I thought that the story of Money to Burn would eventually make sense and have a clear direction but it did not. I actually thought it would read more like a movie with a standard plot building towards a robbery. However, it does not have a central narrative from beginning til end. The group planning […] read full post >>

The book started off very suddenly, in media res. Descriptions of characters and details of the heist. Introducing the characters, names and nicknames. It was all very confusing here, I found it hard to keep track of who was who and what exactly was ha... read full post >>

The book started off very suddenly, in media res. Descriptions of characters and details of the heist. Introducing the characters, names and nicknames. It was all very confusing here, I found it hard to keep track of who was who and what exactly was ha... read full post >>

Ricardo Piglia’s Money to Burn starts off like a classic crime story at first. A group of criminals plan a robbery, escapes across the border, and eventually end up trapped in a violent standoff with the police. It has all the elements you’d expect from a thriller such as guns, paranoia, betrayals, and tense planning […] read full post >>

#MoneytoBurn #piglia Cash Rules Everything Around Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBwAxmrE194 read full post >>

Mar 15, 2026 Finally a less depressing read from this course! …oh but the characters are evil and almost everybody dies in the end. Anyways I actually enjoyed reading this book a lot, minus the disgusting objectification of girls (can’t even call them women they were like 13-15 ewww) and the absurd amount of violence […] read full post >>

Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia allows readers to gain insight into the human condition that lies behind devious criminal acts. When we think about criminals (like bank robbers), we often instinctively label them as immoral and dangerous individuals. H... read full post >>

Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia allows readers to gain insight into the human condition that lies behind devious criminal acts. When we think about criminals (like bank robbers), we often instinctively label them as immoral and dangerous individuals. H... read full post >>

I would like to start off by saying that when I found out in the epilogue that this was based on a true story, my mind was truly blown away. I also like the fact that even though this book sees women as merely placeholders and more like objects of desire, the story was told […] read full post >>

I think this novel is one of my favorites among all the novels I read this term. This novel is incredibly immersive; the pacing is perfectly balanced, keeping me hooked from start to finish. It made me feel as though I were right there, watching the entire event unfold from a godlike perspective. What struck […] read full post >>

I understand the appeal of this and other crime books, and I recognize the point of the story and what it had to say, but it was not for me. I’m not really a fan of graphic descriptions of people’s insides (of which this book contained multitudes). I really appreciated that Piglia didn’t seem to […] read full post >>

Wowie, wowie, wowie! That’s what I’m thinking right now at approximately 21.45, and I’m also grinning like a mad woman because I really enjoyed this book! Despite the fact that I typically do not enjoy when the narration stays on the same topic for a long time, I was very enticed by this book. The […] read full post >>

You’re searching for something unknown, and so you end up falling into despair. (p. 90) What if we were meant to live a different life than what others made us out to be? I felt this question appear in my head after this quote. This book began like it was written by Dostoyevsky- I mean, it was overwhelmingly difficult to... read full post >>