Look, let's rescue Arabella from faerie first and then he can bug her on how to properly draw an Arcanine.

Still, as Rita offers him back his books, Strange takes them back with a smile and a nod. "So! Now that you've read it all the way through, what do you think? I don't want you to be soft in your critique, I'm certain I've heard just as harsh already and will certainly hear even harsher critique when I return home."

After all, Strange has no idea what his old mentor thought of the book. Norrell liked it enough to purchas a copy but loathed it enough to destroy the rest of the copies.