File Size: 616 KB
Print Length: 119 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: LoMist Publishing; 1 edition (December 7, 2012)
Publication Date: December 7, 2012
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00AKZWQMK
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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I began performing magic at the age of 11 and purchased this for my grandson who also has an interest in Magic. There are several more expensive books I consider absolutely outstanding if not outright indispensable, but after reading all the 5 star reviews on this inexpensive book and how great it is for beginners, I purchased it. While it offers some easily learned tricks, I have several concerns. First, it fails to describe even in the most rudimentary fashion how to do most of the sleights it tells the reader to perform. An obvious example is when it instructs the reader to "palm" a coin, piece of paper, etc, without ever explaining how to actually do a " palm ." Also, while each chapter starts with one photo, there generally is no other graphic demonstration. The rest relies on a written explanation leaving it to the readers imagination to visualize what to do. The book also implies these magic tricks can be accomplished with 0 to 15 minutes of preparation. This is very misleading since one should always put in considerably more effort rehearsing even the simplest sleight before performing it.On the other hand, the book offers some fun party tricks and I should add that many really do not actually require much skill and thus one does not have to learn specialized sleights much of the time. However, encouraging minimal preparation may result in readily being "caught" by spectators. " For children in particular, my belief is that it just leaves out too much to be a good introduction to magic. Many reviewers saw this book as a good introductory read for children, and I do not wish to seem to contradict them. It is just that in my experience of teaching people on the art of magic, sleights, presentation, etc. I think that children, and perhaps some adults would be frustrated at times.
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