> 3510 by Luke Jermay (Book)

Some Good Ideas, But It's A Head-Ache to Read At Times... Report this review
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This book does have some good ideas,
but you'll need to read a paragraph several times
before understanding what the heck Luke is trying to say.
And it's not because the material is technically dense or advanced. It's because the writing is simply unclear, has typos (meaningful ones), and there are words that seem to have fallen onto the page by accident in the middle of sentences.

The writing is almost as bad as Paul Brook's.
You'll find yourself revising a sentence after reading it.
I almost wanted to rewrite the entire book so I could read it once without getting a head-ache.

Many reviewers have said they bought this book for Touching on Hoy. This is found in Coral Fang. There are several additional "touches" he has added--different ways to present it, and different outs in case one person remains standing. None of these stand out as decidedly better, IMO.

The additional scripting he includes is meant to further clarify the deception, but arguably it muddies it. The additions remove much of the original appeal of TOH. I could be wrong, but that's my feeling.

Also, this bugs me the most:
Jermay's wording could be GREATLY improved.
It surprises me all the more since Jermay is known for DR and scripting. The wording is the same as it was in Coral Fang.

In TOH, Jermay's script reads,
"I would like the person who felt me touch them..."
or
"If you just felt me touch you just now..."

I think the only reason anyone would use the above phrase
is because they've been exposed to PK Touches.
It makes sense in PK Touches because the very effect is the touching.

In TOH, however, I feel it draws too much attention to the touching, by using this stilted/unnatural phrase.

If someone is in a row of people, and his eyes are closed,
you do NOT indicate that you are addressing him by saying, "If you felt me touch you just now."

More natural would be,
"You--the person I just touched, I want you to..."

Without revealing the method, that is my contribution.

Sometimes the way you phrase something--as a magician or mentalist--can be too revealing.

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