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Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton
2 reviews
litliz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Bullying, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Addiction
Minor: Grief and Death
emmehooks's review
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
2.5
I grew up an avid HP fan and still was very meh on this book. The writing was not great, the 4th wall was broken *constantly* and I grew annoyed with all of the “you’ll hear more about that later” So much of the book was focused on his childhood/first 2 movies and then whizzed through the rest.
The end chapters about his experiences with substance abuse, therapy, and depression felt much more genuine and interesting - however he danced around actually writing “depression” for so much of it that the effect he hoped to have by destigmatizing talking about mental health was undermined.
JK Rowling was also painted in a favorable light for creating such inclusive and invited stories despite her longstanding history of transphobia.
The end chapters about his experiences with substance abuse, therapy, and depression felt much more genuine and interesting - however he danced around actually writing “depression” for so much of it that the effect he hoped to have by destigmatizing talking about mental health was undermined.
JK Rowling was also painted in a favorable light for creating such inclusive and invited stories despite her longstanding history of transphobia.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Drug use, and Addiction
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
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