Like many of the other students, I was also lost in the amount of characters in this novel. So many characters, so many crimes, and the fact that they were often introduced with their real name then were referred to by their alias from thereon out… there was just a lot going on. The queer […]
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Right off the bat I need to say this, this was hands down my favourite reading in this course so far. In my first blog I talked about how I started reading again because of this course and so far Money to burn has been the easiest to read. It was captivating, engaging and really […]
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I actually loved the writing style of this book. It felt so much more readable despite this not being a super short text. The only exception to that was at the beginning when they were introducing a large number of characters, and not only were tossing around new names, but were also using a variety […]
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The “Money to Burn” by Ricardo Piglia was a very gloomy novel to read. At first, I was somewhat confused about who the main characters were (there were multiple characters appearing at once), but it became clear as the story proceeded. The fact that Mereles (The Crow) and Brignone (The Kid) were killed was not […]
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Hi blog!! Last week was my week off from reading for this class, and it was both weird and relaxing. Weird because I got used to reading a whole book every weekend, and relaxing because I had 3 midterms the week before and my Latin 301 midterm last Friday, so my brain desperately needed the […]
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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 […]
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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…
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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…
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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 […]
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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…
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