I brought the book Sunday and I must admit it's on odd one. It's not a book about effects, it's not a biography, it's not about the philosophy of magic or life, I'm not actually sure what it's about!??! Derren unfortunately does come across as pretentious in the book as stated by other people. Saying that I'm quite enjoying it but I have no idea why
I'm currently on page 100'ish as I haven't picked it up for a couple of days as I've been indulging in my favourite pastime. That of putting cucumbers through old age pensioners houses and shouting 'Look out! The martians are coming.' Everyone needs a hobby.
In reality I've been working.
I've looked at what the general public have thought of the book and it has the most mixed reviews on any book I've ever seen. There's no middle ground, people give 4 or 5 stars or 1.
In short Derren has created 'The Marmite of Memoirs' You either love it or hate it.