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"I am a huge Derren Brown fan and love his TV shows and his performances that I have been able to watch. This is a book that kind of condenses a lot of methods of psychology and mentalism. The techniques are given pretty straight forward, but I think they are done well enough to get a good grasp on the idea. Plus it is always fun reading Derren Brown. He has a very playful and mischevious way of writing that I think many will find enjoyable."

Product details Paperback 416 pages Publisher Channel 4 Books, a division of Transworld Publishe; New Ed edition (2007) Language English ISBN-10 1905026358

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Tricks of the Mind [Paperback] Derren Brown 9781905026357 Books Reviews

• One of the best magicians of our time. Its too bad he works mostly in the UK. If you ever listen to him speak or watch one of his shows you will realize he is a very intelligent person. I bought this book simply because I was intrigued by him and his style of magic. The book is such a fun and easy read. He writes the way he speaks which makes it that much more entertaining. I would recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of becoming an entertainer in this industry.
• I am a huge Derren Brown fan and love his TV shows and his performances that I have been able to watch. This is a book that kind of condenses a lot of methods of psychology and mentalism. The techniques are given pretty straight forward, but I think they are done well enough to get a good grasp on the idea. Plus it is always fun reading Derren Brown. He has a very playful and mischevious way of writing that I think many will find enjoyable.
• Back in 2001, when I was a teenager and into magic, I found Derren Brown one of the top magicians. He was so ahead of his time that every magician wanted to know how he did his tricks. Luke Jermay comes to mind when I think about Derren but to me Derren will always be the top mentalist.
  
  I have not followed on Derren's new shows in recent years but I remember watching some of his old shows and I was always in awe. In the past he used to perform a lot of card manipulation as well.
  
  This book is basically an overview of different ideas and concepts that Derren uses in his shows. There are certain topics that he goes deep into and other that he just kinds touches the surface of it.
  
  I didn't learn anything new but I loved how Derren is honest in sharing his thoughts behind his magic and acts.
• As a result of certain conditions, I have a very poor memory, I got this and several other books in hopes that one of them might have some bit of help or some suggestions inside that I might be able to use. Of the 5 books I purchased for this task, this one was worth the price of it and of the other 4 books combined just because of the section on memory alone. I have seen a half dozen specialists and NONE of them ever mentioned any of those suggestions as a means of helping me recall major things let along minor ones, and as mentioned in the book some of the methods have been around for about 2 THOUSAND years, and they REALLY WORK! I am amazed at the effectiveness and a bit pissed that none of the professionals that wasted my time and money had any clue! The memory section is kind of odd actually, just reading the section on memory will IMPROVE your memory, at least for a bit, and actively using the techniques makes life much more easy to manage. I personally think that this stuff should be taught as a mandatory class in the educational system. So yes, for me 5 stars easily.
• If you like to know more about how your mind works and how to benefit from it, read this book. Derren Brown is a famous illusionist/mind reader/hypnotist and knows what he's talking about. There are some great stories in this book filled with a good amount of humor. Also, there are some mind tricks you can pick up yourself from this book, I highly recommend them. Don't buy this book if you want a step by step instruction manual on how to hypnotize your wife or husband, because that's not the point of this book. Do buy it to expand your knowledge of how the mind works and gain some valuable information to use in your day-to-day life. And also, Google his name, watch some of his incredible videos, you'll love it!
• I'm a huge fan of Derren Brown's work that reading so much about his thoughts and views on religion and humanity - although seemingly out of place in a book that purports to tell us how he does what he does - was fascinating for me, and changed a few long-held opinions of mine. It does ultimately relate to getting into how he thinks, and trying to understand why people hold superstitious and evangelical beliefs is a way to show how easily people can be manipulated which is a major trick of the mind. The actual reveals on card tricks, memory tricks and hypnosis are interesting, but not as thorough as I had hoped. The real trick to these things is hard work and practice and unfortunately no book can give you an easy way to learn them. In the end the memory tricks felt most useful to me, and could have quite astounding effects if one practices. This book felt like an overview for the interested, and that makes sense as Derren Brown is still practicing his craft and he can't give all his secrets away. This was an enormously entertaining read though because of Derren's writing style, and I would recommend everyone to check out his work on youtube and then buy all of his DVDs. It is unfortunate he is not more well known in the States.