Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton

142 reviews

katie0528's review

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

A brutally honest and funny memoir from Tom Felton, best known as Draco Malfoy, as his life before and experiences filming the Harry Potter movies, and his struggles in adulthood after as he tried to find himself apart from his fame.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Forced institutionalization

savshanae's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Amazing. So good. Will recommend to everyone. Even better when listened to. I didn’t think it was possible, but I finished this book being even more in love with Tom. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Toxic relationship

talk of drug use, alcohol abuse, and rehabilitation. Some discussion of unhealthy relationship dynamics.

amandaacat's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

If you’re a fan of Tom Felton and Harry Potter, this is a great book to listen to the audio for. Tom does a great job narrating his own stories and does give you a glimpse of life of set - which was fun. I can’t say anything he wrote about was groundbreaking and I liked his recap of his substance abuse struggles towards the end, but overall it seems that growing up on set wasn’t too bad for him. Would only recommend if you’re a fan!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, and Drug use

bethanyrh's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.75

Let’s be real, I was always going to rank this book pretty highly. I loved getting to glimpse behind the scenes of the Harry Potter films and hearing about Tom’s anecdotes about his fellow cast members, but I also enjoyed that it included stories about his non-Potter works (we were, after all, looking beyond the wand) and a deeper look into the effects of fame.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Minor: Death and Stalking

jellyjello's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Drug use, and Alcohol

reading_on_the_moon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Bullying, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying and Death

rad_reads_123's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Alcohol

cristina_reading24's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Cursing, and Drug abuse

bookswithlauren's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Alcohol, Medical content, Mental illness, Cursing, and Bullying

hematthews's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, and Cursing

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders