> This vigilance means that I seldom lose myself in the story, which is the devil’s bargain I made by becoming a professional reviewer. A trade I find hard to

> This vigilance means that I seldom lose myself in the story, which is the devil’s bargain I made by becoming a professional reviewer. A trade I find hard to imagine. In books (as with films etc), I have little care for the craft of making my experience, only that I am immersed and kept within it unaware of the "Real World".