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Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

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abhanana's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

whynotcherries's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-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

5.0

leoniefnk's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Reminding me a lot of Mansfield Park, Matilda, or even Hard Times, this author does an excellent job of centering on the women of the story, navigating a world of misogyny and of colonial vestiges. A coming of age story that does not shy away from its realities, I fully understand why this is called a 'classic'.

hemmabunny's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

chloette's review

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informative inspiring 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? No

3.5

Un très beau récit, mais que j’ai malgré tout trouvé plus intéressant au début qu’à la fin. Il commence fort en s’ouvrant sur la mort du frère de la protagoniste, et s’ensuit une quête pour l’éducation de cette jeune fllle. En revanche, la fin se concentre davantage sur sa vie mais de manière générale, ça m’a vraiment donné l’impression d’avoir presque deux romans
Mais sinon, je trouve que c’est un très bon livre, très inspirant!

roses_are_rosa's review against another edition

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4.0

A wonderful story about a girl being born into poverty in Zimabwe and her journey to getting an education. I really liked our heroine and her struggle of staying true to her heritage but also wanting to achieve more. Gender, identity, colonialism are just a few of the themes that play an important role and are very well dealt with in my opinion.