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Tricks to FREAK out your friends, by Pete Firman

The Effect

Well this is a book that contains instructions for almost 40 different 'off cuff' 'little prep' tricks to 'shock' your mates/spectators.

Cost

Supposed to be £9.99, but i got it for free off Amazon, when i got 'Tricks' by DB

Difficulty
all tricks are VERY easy to do, minimum sleights, or self working, as the stuff you'll do is unexpected to say the least


Review

Well, it sat unread since Christmas, but then i glimpsed that the foreword was by Derren Brown, so i opened it up! Firstly, i was impressed by the layout of the book, unlike most instructional manuals, where its more like an essay to read, this is like reading a popular joke book, all tricks are explained in depth, with colour pictures to go with each instruction. A lot of the tricks were already known to me, but there's a quite a few in there that i cant wait to try out, next time I'm in the pub! Includes tricks from 'eating a goldfish' to 'stopping your own pulse' (which iv already adapted to 'alternate pulses on alternate sides')

Overall

A great read, the author has a VERY entertaining method to his explanations, i think this book is well worth the RRP of a tenner, but i wouldn't be surprised if you could pick it up cheaper from somewhere(just look around!)

overall for me, 9/10

I have this book too, it has some good things it. It's not a normal magic book as such but has a few odd things as the title says.
I like the way that the layout looks very Seventies, like a Look-In annual.

I'm in to the odd/freak type magic at the moment.

could any of you guys give me a couple of examples of the types of effects init?
mucho appreciated!

Not a bad book. A bit basic, but some of the effects are quite creepy.

Examples include:

- Eating a goldfish (as mentioned)
- Stabbing yourself in the eye
- How to hemorrhage your brain
- How to stab yourself through the tongue with a skewer

You know. Freaky stuff like that.

But it also has some more sedate tricks like card tricks, appear/disappear, etc. And things like how to repair a broken cigarette, etc. You'd like it, I think. And yes, quite cheap. Worth the small investment.

Also reviewed at http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic14216.php