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Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton
187 reviews
katie0528's review
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Forced institutionalization
savshanae's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction
Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, and Cursing
Minor: Toxic relationship
amandaacat's review
3.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, and Drug use
arcookson's review
4.0
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
cristinar1800's review
4.0
Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism
alyxbeau's review
3.75
Moderate: Addiction
r_j_setser's review
5.0
Tom's memoir is everything I hoped it would be. I laughed so much at his forward and no-nonsense way of telling stories. Listening to the audiobook (which he narrates himself) felt like listening to theatrical takes from the set of the Harry Potter movies. Many of his stories had me laughing out loud and I loved this rare glimpse into the life of a child actor. He was very good about explaining things that aren't common knowledge, so I feel that I learned a lot about the acting industry by reading this book, as well.
After the first half of the book, which is where spends his time describing his Harry Potter experience, the book takes a more personal turn and focuses on his life after the films and his journey through rehab and finding himself again. While there are a few chapters that made me incredibly sad and worried for him, I feel that with the conclusion of this book, he's doing much better now.
I will caution readers who haven't finished the Harry Potter series that there are many spoilers to the series mentioned throughout this book! Tom Felton assumes that his readers have watched all the movies and talks about the endings often, so don't read this if you're trying to avoid spoilers!
Overall, I enjoyed this audiobook so much and recommend it to anyone who loves Harry Potter or even just if you'd like to read about the behind-the-scenes of filmmaking!
Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Cursing, and Alcoholism
Minor: Bullying
Content warnings listed below:reading_on_the_moon's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Drug use
Moderate: Bullying, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol
Minor: Bullying and Death
aseriesofmegan's review
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism and Addiction