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Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

9 reviews

clemmiem's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Eating disorder

Moderate: Mental illness, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Child death

torihope98's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Physical abuse, Body shaming, Child death, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Minor: Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Religious bigotry

hi_saac's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

Minor: Miscarriage and Vomit

ckundim99's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Vomit, Racism, Colonisation, Classism, and Religious bigotry

fromlindenmere's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Cursing, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Child death, Death, Classism, and Colonisation

melli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Violence, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Colonisation, Child abuse, Sexism, Self harm, Misogyny, Mental illness, Racism, and Pregnancy

ladymirtazapine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Vomit, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Colonisation

Minor: Racial slurs

translove's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Racism, and Colonisation

Minor: Vomit

whatjaimereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga is undoubtedly a masterpiece, and I am so grateful to last year’s Booker Shortlist for bringing it to my attention. 

This is a short novel, but every word is placed with intent, there’s no question that this is a modern classic which will stand up to the test of time. Nervous Conditions is a semi-autobiographical novel that chronicles an important moment in Zimbabwean history, the turn of independence, through the eyes of a teenage Tambudzai and her extended family. The discussions of gender, (post)colonialism, race, and mental illness are incisive and deeply impacting. Tambu’s character was designed to be relatable to the masses within Zimbabwe, and the realisations of the dominance of poverty, particularly through the eyes of an increasingly-educated protagonist, will be unforgettable.

Dangarembga treats each of her characters with kindness and generosity, despite the hardship with which they are faced. This is deeply reminiscent of the recent article written by Simukai Chigudu for The Guardian which I bang on about all the time; so if you read and enjoyed that, I definitely recommend moving onto this. Actually, I recommend this to everyone, there’s no way that you can go into this book without benefitting from its richness and the knowledge that it imparts. Undeniably accomplished, outstandingly realised, and a true privilege to have read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Excrement, Grief, Violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, and Vomit