Tricks of the Mind - Derren Brown Reviews

---DRINK!--- Finally it is the weekend (for some of us) and I have decided rather than watching the film my brother loaned me for a night or two (it's been two weeks now) I am going to grace you all with my presence on the review scene. I will even do you the courtesy of keeping it short. Ish. The Cider in my blood stream may ...  Read the complete review

I should declare an interest before I start: I worked as a 'close-up' magician and have studied the sort of subjects D.B. talks about in his book for about fifteen years now. So my opinions are not going to be without prejudice. First off, I like Derren Brown. He's been extremely good for what gets broadly referred to as ...  Read the complete review

This book surprised me a great deal. I was expecting a simple autobiographical account of Derren's interests and life leading up to and during his career. Whilst there are bits of this throughout the book, interesting in itself, this book is full of informative conclusions on the psychic world, religion and other "tricks of the ...  Read the complete review

I am a huge fan of Derren Brown's work, even if his more recent "events" shows were a tad dissapointing. The book itself provides a great insight into the mechanics behind Derren's acts of showmanship, misdirection and illusion but also the mechanics of Derren himself, his strict Catholic child hood and renouncement ...  Read the complete review

This is not Derren Browns first 'magic' book but it is his first mainstream book as his previous one is almost imposibile to find and was only meant for profesional magicians. This book however also covers a number of pshycological techniques such as how to hypnotise people, improve your memory as well as explaining some simpler card ...  Read the complete review

Fantastic book! I bought this as something to read on my way back from London and it quickly became something i couldn't stop reading or talking about. Like most books from illusionists/ magicians you get a brief insight into how certain tricks work. But unlike most other books Derren Brown also gives a great insight into how certain ...  Read the complete review

What started out as a christmas gift very quickly became my favourite book and started me out as a fan of the puzzle that is Derren Brown and this book gives you, as opposed to a in depth guide to hypnosis, a glimpse of the psyche of the man who has turned it into an art form. The book is witty, well-written and very much ...  Read the complete review

After watching Derren Brown'sTV show on Channel 4. I was intrigued to know more as I believe he is no ordinary magician but a showman who uses such mind tricks as power of suggestion. Some of the stuff he does on his shows borders the insanely disturbing (see the episode where he gets a poor punter playing a zombie style shoot-em up ...  Read the complete review

In his introduction, Derren Brown does actually write that he won't be telling you all his secrets. If you think at that point he's joking, he isn't. This book is not a behind the scenes expose of Derren's act, rather a collection of musings about what techniques work to blind-side and misdirect you. After reading the book, I came away ...  Read the complete review

There is a saying (and I stand to be corrected) which goes something along the lines of: "you can cover up a thousand lies with one carefully chosen truth" Now consider Derren Brown. He who likes to come across as Honest Joe, short of telling you how he actually does his tricks. He who will denounce the ...  Read the complete review

I have to say without a doubt, Derren Brown is one of the wierdest indviduals i have ever encountered in real life or on TV. He gives me the creeps but he amazes me time and time again, and i come back for more - TV Shows and books all the time. This book is written in plain simple english, but with a depth of intellect which ...  Read the complete review

I'm not a big fan of autobiographies I tend to find them a bit dry and a bit self gratifying - especially when they are or TV or film personalities. However this book by Derren Brown caught my imagination because whilst it is an sort of autobiography there is also much more contained withen its covers. The book is split into a ...  Read the complete review

Derren Brown isn't a genious, he is not magic and he cannot walk on water. But he is a mentalist (Psychological magician) and he can do things using different practised techniques that others can't do. He IS amazing, he IS slightly scary and he IS the most entertaining magical performer I have ever seen. On to his book, Tricks ...  Read the complete review

Derren Brown must be one of the best entertainers in the business. I had the benefit of seeing him live last year and he performed an abundance of acts that had my mouth gaping open for the majority of the show. This book is an insight into some of the methods that the man uses in his shows both on TV. Baring in mind that the methods ...  Read the complete review

i'd been a fan of derren brown for quite a while before this book came out, and i must say as soon as i heard about this it was straight on my christmas list! this book is written in a great way, informative and yet also informal, and whilst he doesnt reveal all of his tricks, he does give you a great insight into how some of them ...  Read the complete review

When Derren Brown first appeared on channel 4 with his mind reading programme 'Derren Brown - Mind Control' I was quickly hooked, and watched with awe and facination everything he did after that, so when I saw his book 'Derren Brown - Tricks of the Mind' which promised to go into everything he does (as described at the start of every ...  Read the complete review

After seeing his shows and seeing how instantly he can put some of his tricks to use I became quite fascinated and decided to check this book out to see how informative it really is. It covers a wide range of topics including magic, hypnosis, unconscious communication and cold reading. The book also covers these in areas in quite a lot ...  Read the complete review