This was definitely one of my favourite books till now. This was a hardcore fiction novel, but I really loved it. FINALLY, I DON’T HATE THE MALE CHARACTERS. And I never thought I would want to be a semi-dead, day dreaming reptile. From beginning to end, I was blown away by how well this book […]
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Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia. This week’s novel was completely different than all the other ones I have read so far, I think it’s my first time reading a criminal book not watching a show about it. With heists and gun battles, social commentary and the criminal system as well as the complexity and […]
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I would give this book a 3/10. I don’t usually like crime/thriller or action books. I also really didn’t like that it was a true story because the descriptions of the deaths were definitely creeping me out to be honest. An…
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I would give this book a 3/10. I don’t usually like crime/thriller or action books. I also really didn’t like that it was a true story because the descriptions of the deaths were definitely creeping me out to be honest. An…
Posted in Blogs, Piglia | Tagged with burning money, crime, thriller
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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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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“This novel tells a true story. It involves a minor case, alrady forgotten among police chronicles […]” (204) When I started to read the book, being informed that it is a hard-boiled style thriller, I was really excited. I personally like the thriller, and heist movies (not the book, sorry to say). As I expected, […]
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‘Money to Burn’ by Ricardo Piglia is a thriller novel based on the true story of how a group of thieves robbed a bank in Argentina and managed to hide in the neighbouring Uruguay until they were caught by the military police. The novel revolves around a gang of men with each character portraying certain […]
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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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