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

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kfatzler's review against another edition

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5.0

Tom Felton's autobiography not only describes the impact Harry Potter had on his life, but also his life - growing up, learning who he was outside of the Potter world, and how to live with with mental illness. Felton's honesty was moving, especially the final chapters that address his recovery and time in rehab. Surprisingly, I wasn't aware of that aspect of his life and empathized with his journey to mental wellness. Overall, his humor and sincerity made this one of my favorite reads this year.

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thefloralbooks's review against another edition

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4.0

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tdeaux's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

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4.75

An engaging autobiography that is both funny and heartfelt, with a message about strength, hope and family. Beautifully narrated by Tom Felton. A reflective and insightful account of the people and experiences that shaped him.

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5.0

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wrensandroses's review against another edition

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3.75

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chezler24's review against another edition

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3.25

Listened to the audio book, and really enjoyed Tom Felton's narration. It made it really easy to listen to and the storytelling was quite fluid. Definitely would have devoured this back during my peak Harry Potter enjoyment. It was interesting getting to hear about the different actors he met, learning about his family life, and seeing the progression from childhood actor into adult. I do feel that this felt like the first part in a memoir. Tom is still relatively young and has a good chunk of life left to live; it just so happened that he was part of such a worldwide phenomenon from a young age. I felt like we just barely scratched the surface at what makes him tick. The final chapters (dealing with life post-Potter and dealing with finding work, developing an alcohol addition, and undergoing rehab) started to touch on some deeper musings beyond the rosier picture that was painted with the average family life, star studded sets, and stellar career. As a closer look at life of a "muggle playing a wizard," this gave a lot of interesting perspective; however, as a memoir I feel like there just needs to be a bit more room to grow and breathe or maybe to include some more "realness" or "rawness" behind the "behind the scenes" passages.

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nicole_rietveld's review

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4.25

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4.0

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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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