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Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton
3 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
divine529's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I'm not usually one to read memoirs (despite having many on my TBR), but this one in particular I felt I needed to pick up, and I'm so glad I did.
I read this at exactly the time I needed to, for a variety of reasons, and I have to say, I'm really glad I decided to pick this up.
For those of you who don't know, Tom Felton played Draco Malfoy in the HP movies, but the memoir is about more than his time there. He walks us through various important moments in his life and how they impacted him, along with the people who played a role in those moments.
This book is very authentic, real, funny and full of all kinds of good lessons and interesting insights into Tom as a person - where he came from, how he got to where he is, etc. and I really enjoyed reading it.
The thing I'm finding I really like about memoirs is that you realize that no matter your background or your successes or where you came from, we're all human, all have struggles and that makes everything that much more relatable.
Well done.
I read this at exactly the time I needed to, for a variety of reasons, and I have to say, I'm really glad I decided to pick this up.
For those of you who don't know, Tom Felton played Draco Malfoy in the HP movies, but the memoir is about more than his time there. He walks us through various important moments in his life and how they impacted him, along with the people who played a role in those moments.
This book is very authentic, real, funny and full of all kinds of good lessons and interesting insights into Tom as a person - where he came from, how he got to where he is, etc. and I really enjoyed reading it.
The thing I'm finding I really like about memoirs is that you realize that no matter your background or your successes or where you came from, we're all human, all have struggles and that makes everything that much more relatable.
Well done.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexism
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