Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

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

292 reviews

gracielou2000's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol

kschuster's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

chezler24's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

meascorner's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

Heart warming 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

crashedandburned's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Violence, and Vomit

togglesmcbobbins's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

anns_book_chronicles's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

listen_learn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

A little rough around the edges I'm terms of character for my taste, but his kindness, positivity and honesty were pleasant to listen to. I listened to most of the book while enduring a migraine. It was a good distraction, with some depth, but probably not the type I'd return to again. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Violence

nicole_rietveld's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

xinawebb's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism