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A review by thefoxyreader
Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
As far as memoirs go, <i>Beyond the Wand</i> is fine but doesn’t really offer up much beyond a very surface look at what it was like to film the Harry Potter movies.
Which is kind of a shame because I feel like there probably are some deeper lessons to learn about child stardom and of course starring in a beloved franchise whose creator went off the freaking deep end when she revealed herself as an absolute soulless creature spewing hate for no reason except she’s the worst.
But I digress.
Tom Felton on the other hand probably should have digressed so that this book could have truly gone BEYOND THE WAND.
Instead, what we get is kind of the normal account of a young boy who somehow retained a fairly normal life while getting to be in a hugely popular movie franchise. This is kind of interesting, but doesn’t really go much beyond that.
And it seems like nearly everyone Felton worked with was the most amazing person in the world. This is nice to hear, but also isn’t exactly interesting, especially when I could have already guessed Alan Rickman was an absolute gem of a person.
The only bit of depth we do get in this book is Felton’s struggle with alcohol after the movies finished filming. He does give details about his stay in rehab and there is a fair bit of interesting introspection.
Overall, Tom Felton seems like a nice enough guy and that translates into an okay memoir.
My main takeaway from this book is that Felton should really get into reading audiobooks. He has a great voice and gives a decent performance. His manager really needs to get on this.
Which is kind of a shame because I feel like there probably are some deeper lessons to learn about child stardom and of course starring in a beloved franchise whose creator went off the freaking deep end when she revealed herself as an absolute soulless creature spewing hate for no reason except she’s the worst.
But I digress.
Tom Felton on the other hand probably should have digressed so that this book could have truly gone BEYOND THE WAND.
Instead, what we get is kind of the normal account of a young boy who somehow retained a fairly normal life while getting to be in a hugely popular movie franchise. This is kind of interesting, but doesn’t really go much beyond that.
And it seems like nearly everyone Felton worked with was the most amazing person in the world. This is nice to hear, but also isn’t exactly interesting, especially when I could have already guessed Alan Rickman was an absolute gem of a person.
The only bit of depth we do get in this book is Felton’s struggle with alcohol after the movies finished filming. He does give details about his stay in rehab and there is a fair bit of interesting introspection.
Overall, Tom Felton seems like a nice enough guy and that translates into an okay memoir.
My main takeaway from this book is that Felton should really get into reading audiobooks. He has a great voice and gives a decent performance. His manager really needs to get on this.