A review by sonofisaac
The Ambassadors by Henry James

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

A book about discovering how deeply you can feel after your talent has lain dormant because of the wrong people or wrong town or wrong job. And yet James refuses to let his novel end with a typical ending, a wedding. Knowing that James was suspicious of such resolutions and emotions explains a lot and allows him to translate his experience into Strether.