by mindpaul » Mar 27th, '13, 20:15
The Effect
This is Luke's new release. The main effect in the book is a very strong and a personal one for the spectator. You are able to heal an inner pain in someone's body with a strong kicker at the end, leaving the spectator speechless. There are also two other effects in the book from Luke. One brings life to the living and dead effect and the other again leaving the whole audience amazed at your powers.
Cost
Coming in at around £45 from MAGICDIRECT.com
Difficulty
(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)
I would give this a 3 but nothing difficult.
Review
Luke asked me what I thought of the book so I thought I would share my thoughts here. I have a few of Luke's effects and in my opinion this is his best yet. The main effect Faith Healer is just poetry in motion. I have been avoiding doing a coin bend for some time now, but after reading this I will be putting it into my act. This is such a strong and personal effect for the spectator with the kicker at the end blowing them away.
There is a Living and Dead effect in the book. Once you have read this you will not use any Living and Dead method again (just my opinion ) . I kinda avoided doing living and dead type effects but this is so clever and easy to do , I can only recommend it to the highest.
The other effect in the book has you the performer tell 5 people in the audience their personal memories in detail, but get this. There is nothing written at any time.
There are some extra effects in the book from other mentalists as well
Overall
Before I bought this I was trying to get more info on it but couldn't find it so I bought it knowing it was from Luke.
I am so glad I did. It is worth every penny or pound. Luke teaches each effect in great detail right down to the scripting .
In order to get the best out of the effects the scripting is key. It is the clever scripting that sells all the effects.
All the effect are easy enough in method. One of the effects in this book is worth the money you will pay for the book.
Any negatives? I really don't see any. There has clearly been a lot of work put into this book.
I would give this one a 10/10 for both effects and presentation.