Title: The Ambassadors

Author: Henry James

Genre: Classics

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing

Format: Paperback

Pages: 464

Rating: 3/5 stars

Synopsis (Goodreads):

When the mild-mannered Lambert Stretcher travels from America to Paris on a mission to ‘save’ Chad, the son of his formidable fiancée, he soon discovers that life in Europe is not at all what he had expected. Faced by the temptations of Parisian culture and the possibility of emotional liberation, Lambert is forced to reconsider his values.

Full of his customary wit and canny observations, Henry James proclaimed “The Ambassadors” to be his greatest novel.

Review:

This book was underwhelming for me. I read Portrait of a Lady a few years ago and loved it! So I was really excited for this book! But it was pretty boring! The main character, Lambert, goes to Europe on the request of his fiancé in order to bring back her son to America! She believes her son has become corrupted by a woman! So he gets to Europe and he realizes that he hasn’t been living much! So he decides to abandon his plan and start to live a little! I really liked this finely! I liked the idea of getting out of your comfort zone and living your life to the fullest!! Especially in Europe because Europe is probably very different than America, especially at that time, so it would have been good for Lambert to get out of his regular norm and live life a little differently. But nothing really happened. There was just a lot of talking amongst different groups and not really doing much! I’m still glad I read it, but not a favourite of mine for sure!!

Happy reading!