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
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
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)
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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 […]
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’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 […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with crime, Drugs, escape, Heist, money, Police, sexuality, violence
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 […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Argentina, burn, crazy, crime, Drugs, money, robbery, violence
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
This week’s novel was ‘Money to Burn’ by Ricardo Piglia. I’m not sure how I felt about this book as it was action packed which kept me locked in at times, however, the way in which certain sexual acts or violence was described made me feel disgusted. Specifically, the descriptions of the young girl Blanca […]
The first thought I literally had upon picking up this book was “hey. We’ve got the first coming of age novel in a long while!” Then I started reading Plata Quemada (written by Ricardo Piglia), and quickly realized that this has to be one of the most action-packed books I’ve ever read. To summarize, this […]
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