paracosm 's review for:

Condiciones nerviosas by Tsitsi Dangarembga
4.0
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

I enjoyed this one. It talks about the difficulties that poor African girls face in order to obtain the most basic education. Then it expands on that and cover what happens afterwards.

It talks about how certain types of knowledge are still seen as forbidden or unnecessary for women, after the basics are covered. How it can be hard for a woman to be allowed to apply her own knowledge. And how race can also be an obstacle.

I know there's a continuation, and this book doesn't exactly have an ending, but I still not interested enough to read the second one.