A forewarning that I am not generally a big Henry James fan, so this review could be considered a bit biased. That said, The Awkward Age is not even one of my favorite of James' books.
This book tells the story of a social group and their interactions, which makes it fairly typical of James. It largely consists of long, drawn-out conversations between various characters. The thing I disliked most is that quite often the characters say something to the effect of, "you know how she/he is" or "you know what I mean." The other character agrees they do know, and it is never explained more fully to the reader. And, at least this particular reader, doesn't actually know what they are talking about!
It is clean and completely appropriate.
It does get a bit long, though, for the actual content. As usual with James, you just have to enjoy the good writing and language choices.
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