While reading this book, I had to continuously remind myself that this is based on a true story as I would always seem to forget. This book, which was about an armed gang who stole 7 million Argentine pesos and escaped from Buenos Aires where the whole robbery took place and fled to Montevideo, Uruguay […]
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Hey hey hey!!! I hope everyone had a great weekend 🙂 And if you celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day, I hope you survived! HAHA. I LOVE it when we have required readings because I get to read everyone’s unique and different perspectives on the same book. It’s really interesting to see how everyone processes something in […]
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Alright, welcome back everyone! The weather has put me in a good mood and I have things to say. This week’s book is Ricardo Piglia’s « Money to Burn » and surprisingly I quite liked this one and have some things to say. First off, imagine planning the perfect crime – you’ve got the brains, the brawn, […]
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As the title suggests, the entire story revolves around stolen money and where that money ends up going.. Initially, I had a tough time understanding the story between the lines and had to restart the book twice. However, I was satisfied once the entire plot of the story started making sense to me. I loved […]
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Hello everyone and welcome back! This week’s novel had the exciting premise of a bank robbery gone wrong (ooooh ahhhh). Ricardo Piglia’s factual/fictional retelling of a bank robbery in Buenos Aires, Money to Burn started off so strong. I enjoyed the action-packed narrative interspersed with the backstories of the different characters. As the novel progressed, […]
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In my last blog, I mentioned that I’m waiting for a book where I don’t despise the male character. This was completely contrary to my expectations. I LOVE thrillers, and the beginning of this book made me very delighted. It was a narcos scene mixed with Money Heist. I agree with what everyone says about […]
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Dang that was crazy. At first I read this book as a completely fictitious account not at all inspired by a true story, but throughout most of it I was like wow the addition of the newspapers and “eyewitness” accounts really made it more realistic. But afterward I was like… well how much of that […]
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This week’s reading really caught my attention as I’m a big fan of thriller movies and books, I was interested to check out Ricardo Piglia’s “Money to Burn” based on the real 1965 bank heist in Buenos Aires. While I expected a classic crime story, Piglia took the novel in some thought-provoking directions I didn’t […]
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Money to Burn is a book based on crime specifically that of robbing money. But what do they do with this money at the end? Burn it. Why? The answer is based on the reader’s understanding of the book. My understanding of why they would plan a heist, so systematically with no errors, and instead […]
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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 […]
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