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Some parts of his real life, when he was grown-up and away from the Potter business, were sad and dramatic - suddenly the reader was thrown a curve-ball. It was a surprise for the book to suddenly change direction in the last few chapters, from light-weight to heavy.... The first and only behind-the-scenes Harry Potter memoir from one of the films' biggest stars, Tom Felton So, yeah: this one's for Harry Potter fans. Period. It's the hows and whys of child actor Tom, with some fun anecdotes, and then the meat is Harry Potter. Some cute stories, and lots of gushing about his favorite people. For many who were in the fandom or have attended fancons he's done, it's not strictly new, but regardless offers a good time. Nothing salacious here; mostly fluff.
This was the cringiest book I’ve ever read. I felt like DNFing it the whole time. It’s short, so it should have taken me half a day to read it, but it kept dragging on for a whole week. Here's my side note ~ there is quite a bit of swearing. I know this is an adult book, but I feel that maybe some parents would read/listen to this one with their Harry Potter loving children, just like I did. Yes my daughter is older and it's not anything she hasn't heard before, but it might not be suitable for the younger ones. Finally, an actor giving real and interesting info. I normally bypass parts of biographies where well-known people go on (and on) about their childhood because this is usually all ultra goodie-goodie and boring. But Felton's childhood was written about very well, kept me intrigued because when on hiatus away from the Potter filming and in his private life, he was not at all a little goodie-goodie. A little bit naughty? An honest, at times humorous, and entertaining memoir that movie buffs, especially Harry Potter fans, will enjoy."— Library JournalThe] hook of Felton’s memoir is his perspective on living a one-in-a-billion experience. Yet “Beyond the Wand” is most insightful when Felton translates his tale into something more universal. Sure, the “boy who lived” was never Draco’s moniker — but considering his eventful existence, it suits Felton just fine.”— The Washington Post
FP: A lot of the book is divided up into certain chapters of life. You have a chapter about Emma and Dan and Rupert — and you're saying they sort of read the chapters before to make sure that you're remembering things correctly? I'm not going to rate someones story about themselves, but this needed a good edit and also some deep introspection as to what and why Felton wanted us to get from this.TF: That makes it sound like it was a legal affair. It wasn't like that. In fact, Emma [Watson] was a big reason that I sort of decided to make this, really. I think a lot of the stories that I'd written down over the years, I shared with her. She was very encouraging. She read a lot of the early scraps of paper [where I was] just sort of sharing stories. And she was very encouraging to write more and sort of [helped] fill in the blanks as far as to what my normal muggle life was like inside and outside of Potter. Beyond the Wand]is full of colorful Wizarding World lingo, referring to “aparrating” objects and his “muggle family,” making it fun for die-hard “Harry Potter” fans. . .It’s basically a wizarding world gold mine."— Deseret News From the Publisher An insider’s account of the rampant misconduct within the Trump administration, including the tumult surrounding the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021.
An honest, at times humorous, and entertaining memoir that movie buffs, especially Harry Potter fans, will enjoy."― Library Journal Also, I’m very disappointed that he missed an opportunity to tell us something interesting about all the truly great and experienced actors and directors he worked with. He mentions almost everyone noteworthy in his book, but it’s all just censored and sugar coated empty compliments with zero substance. It almost feels like Tom was too self obsessed to learn anything about these awesome people or to learn something from them.
Most of this memoir felt like 1 star until the last couple of chapters, which is when it finally got real, and I appreciate his honesty and vulnerability around his stories and message on mental health. I don't typically read memoirs but I have loved Tom Felton since the first HP film where I fell in teenage love with Draco Malfoy. The memoir gives us an insight of Tom's stories regarding his time on the Harry Potter set, his experience growing up with the films, and his post-film life. Unfortunately, the vast majority of this book fell a bit flat for me, there are far too many Harry Potter references where they aren't really necessary (Although following Tom on Social Media he is a Potterhead through and through since his time in the films). Not all was rosy and positive. Tom details his more mischievous, ornery and occasionally disruptive ways as a child actor and adult as well. Sadly, as it feels almost cliche for former child actors, he's also experienced some mental health issues that he used alcohol and weed to cope with until life forced the issue of getting help. To see him make the choice to change and reap the benefits of that is inspiring, and you really can’t help but root for him as a person.
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