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Why is everyone taking it up the arse? – Money to burn by Piglia

No genuinely why is everyone, man or woman taking it up the ass. Money to Burn by Piglia is a book that I honestly did not like until they got to the shoot out/ when they were stuck in flat number 9. Then the book became clear to me about what it was attempting to …

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with crime, Deviance, Justice, Law, money, Outlaws, sexuality, society, violence

Money to burn

I really wanted to like this book, but I did not. In fact, I hated it. First of all, why were there so many nicknames?! I may be the only one who feels this way but I kept getting so confused with the amount of nicknames the characters had.  And the never ending chapters, it […]

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Oh my oh my, jeepers, wow. Hmmmm. (money to burn)

Not sure what to say about this one. I didn’t like this book in most ways; the actual story, the writing style… but there was something in the subtext that I enjoyed. In my reading and writing I am ALLERGIC … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with crime, Gauncho Dorda, making of a criminal, meh, sympathy, voices

Money to Burn – My First Rant

I absolutely did not like Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia at all. It started off very promising with an exciting start, quickly jumping into action. Although, as the book continued, and I learned more about the characters, I just began to loathe it. I am not a ranting type of person but this book […]

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with crime, money, Ricardo Piglia, violence, women

Money to Burn: The Morally Gray (Mar 18)

Hey everyone. This week has been a real struggle for me. Even though March is coming to an end, I still have two midterms looming over me. Why does it feel like midterm season never ends? 🙁 Anyway, let’s talk about the book. As a big thriller fan, I was eager to dive into “Money … Continue reading Money to Burn: The Morally Gray (Mar 18)

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with 2 Stars, crime, gangs, society

Money to Burn: Aside from the robbery…

Ricardo Piglia’s “Money to Burn” was a long and chaotic book filled with too many names and nicknames that made it hard to keep track of what was happening. It took a lot of motivation to read this one especially since the last few books I’ve read have been quite short. The content of the […]

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with crime, identity, sex

Money to Burn-Ricardo Piglia

First of all, I must admit that this is a genre of novels I am not particularly interested in, those about robbery, crime, and the like. So, before reading this book, I had already formed my opinion about it. After finishing it, I feel that although it is not much different from what I expected, […]

Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with crime, dislike, drug, money, problem, robbery, violence

Ricardo Piglia, “Money to Burn”

Ricardo Piglia’s novel, “Money to Burn,” is a refreshing change of literature that follows the escape route of a group of criminals as they speed to escape from Buenos Aires to Uruguay with the police tight on their heels. This book offered a different reading experience compared to the other readings in this course, it […]

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Money to Burn (not my favourite…)

This week’s reading of “Money to Burn” was certainly an interesting one. I can’t say I loved reading it. I personally would not classify this as a thriller, for the scariest part was how vulgar and gross the men were. It was not enjoyable to read because of their disgusting sex lives and their views […]

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Money to Burn

Hello everyone. Welcome back to this week’s book. This week we delved into Ricardo Piglia’s Money to Burn. It’s safe to say this was definitely my least favourite book. The jump from reading books about childhood, romance, and death, to violence was weird, but honestly the change was good.  The story has several main characters […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with crime, money, RMST 202 Week 10

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