Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
"Been Around the World and I-I-I, I Can't Find My Painting." Kat goes all over the globe as she assembles her heist crew and tracks down clues about Taccone's stolen paintings. Taccone is in I...
Writing Style
Ally Carter's Pseudonym Should Be "Page Turner"Ally Carter pretty much wrote Heist Society to be a movie. You feel the tension as the time clicks by in between chapters: 6 Days Until Taccone's (Dea...
What's Up With the Title?
The title might seem pretty self-explanatory: girl forms a group of thieves, creates a heist society. Even though Kat and her crew don't refer to themselves as a "heist society," they could accurat...
What's Up With the Ending?
All's well that ends well, right? At the end of Heist Society, Kat and crew have pulled off the Henley heist. Paintings stolen by the Nazis in World War II have been returned to their owners. Tacco...
Tough-o-Meter
Reading any book, even Ulysses would be easier than pulling off the heist Kat and her crew execute at the end of Heist Society. But reading about this heist is a breeze. Ally Carter writes in...