Almost every effect in this book is a card effect. Not necessarily a bad thing, but I was under the impression there'd be a little more variety in here. There are also a ton of effects in this book, and maybe this IS a bad thing. A lot of it just doesn't seem worthy of inclusion... like take-offs on known themes that don't feel like an improvement at all. For example, there's a variation of the "Phil" trick, in which he uses fruit instead of names. Maybe some will find this to be an appealing twist, but I just don't get it.

There are other applications of known principles that feel very weak... such as the application of the "switchless switch", in which the final reveal ends up being a display that's nearly identical to the one that you just showed to the spectator in the course of the introductory explanation. There are plenty of routines that use this principle that don't require you to clean up quickly before someone notices something like this.

Beginners will be frustrated because there are plenty of cases where you will be told to control a card to the top or bottom, and it is assumed you already know how to do this. In some other effects, there are references to moves or sleights that refer back to the original effect that provided the inspiration, and those aren't generally well-explained either. I'm not saying things like this NEED to be explained, but it should be clear what audience this book is intended for.

Since there are so many effects in here, the odds are that you will come up with a handful that you like. Just be prepared to cut through a lot of chaff in order to find them.