Magic reviews by Mathias Kersting

In the first paragraph in the “About us” page of this website, it says:
“Everything on Vanishing Inc. is performance quality and worthy of your time; we don't even bother to carry poorly made product or tricks that aren't amazing.”

Vanishing Inc. obviously sells Smooth Operations for a reason then…

Ever since I got into card-flourishing, I've been a fan of Kevin Ho. His style is smooth, pleasant and creative as can be seen in his flourish-videos from the past. However, he didn't show much of his card-magic to the online world and he does give his reason in this book. He says that he believes that magic should be performed for people in the real world, rather than in front of a camera. I’m sure that those who have respect, passion, and love for magic would agree that that’s how magic should be performed.

I'm glad that he now shares his work and ideas for magic by teaming up with Dan & Dave Buck to bring out what he calls "a manuscript". As expected by the Bucks, the production quality and layout of it is very nice and modern. The explanations are clear and have photos along with them.

The magic and flourishes in this manuscript certainly shows Kevin's sense of 'visualness' that's pleasing to the eyes. I certainly don’t use everything from it, but the ones I do use are some of my favourites in card magic and flourishing.

Kevin’s writing style is enjoyable to read. The little “extras” in this book obviously show that Kevin has a great sense of humour; which is probably what I enjoy most about this book.