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Okay I promise I tried my best, but if there’s any questions about who’s which character, I might lose my spot in the goteverythingrightonquizzes club. read full post >>

I think this might be the book I’ve been most locked into throughout this course, I was hood up, headphones on, in the dark for two hours straight. I found myself rooting for the criminals, in particular Brignone and Dorda, which is maybe a bit screwed up of me, especially as their kill count grew […] read full post >>

Money to Burn is the most “movie-like” book we’ve read so far. It’s based on a real 1965 armored truck robbery in Buenos Aires that spins out into weeks of hiding, and finally a siege in Montevideo where the gang literally sets money on fire. The book covers several events: the planning, the robbery itself, […] read full post >>

okay, “Money to burn” was the drama. I feel like really haven’t seen as many books with this criminal, dystopian genre so I’m glad we added this to the mix. If I’ll be honest I’ve never been too much of a fan of crime stories, (aside from my annual true crime TikTok story time that […] read full post >>

This was by far the most interesting book I have read so far. (Maybe this was because I chose my books based on lengths, rather than which stories actually stood out to me ^o^). All the other readings I’ve done had me zoning out and re-reading paragraphs, but this one was able to be completed […] read full post >>

"Oh, he's a high, high climber. Rush, rush, got the yeyo? Rush, rush, give me yeyo" read full post >>

The start of this novel gave me Season 1 “Money Heist” vibes, minus the queer representation. We had latino criminals planning for a big heist that would change their lives, and we get the explore the dynamics between each character within this “ambitious” team. But there’s a huge contrast, everyone here is pure evil, like […] read full post >>

Up to this point, Money to Burn has been one of the most interesting books from this course. In fact, I found myself extremelt eager to find out what happens next. I really liked the suspense, the description and the close feeling to the characters. Two aspects of the novel stood out to me, one […] read full post >>

After reading this book, Piglia presents crime not as an act of violence but as a window into society’s values and contradictions. What I thought was really good about the book was that how the criminals burning the stolen money allows us to reconsider what wealth really is, as throughout the book, the bank robber […] read full post >>

The homoerotic, violent, drug-fueled love story I didn't know I needed (warning: this is a long one, just bear with me). read full post >>

When I started reading Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia, I immediately felt like I had been dropped into the middle of a crime movie without any warning. There is no slow introduction, instead we are suddenly following criminals who are already deep into planning a robbery. Within the first few pages I was like […] read full post >>

Piglia must have done extensive research to complete this book, especially publishing it 12 years after the robbery happened. However, this impacted my engagement while reading. At times, I felt like the monologue was saying: “This happened at this time, this happened here, this happened there…” and recaptured my attention with the details of the […] read full post >>

Question: What are your thoughts on the distortion of reality to fit the themes and narrative that Piggly wanted to express? -LS read full post >>

Out of all the books we have read in this class I think this book is my favorite so far. I have always liked this genre of books and I think that might be the reason why. However, I do think the characters were absolutely crazy. They do all sorts of terrible things without any […] read full post >>

I really enjoyed ‘Money to Burn’ and I was surprised when it said it was based on a true story in the epilogue. I’ve recently been rewatching Brooklyn 99 and this is definitely a story that Jake would’ve been obsessed with. It was a little confusing to read because it felt like there were so many characters and each character... read full post >>